Russia’s 40th senior officer reportedly killed in Ukraine
APRIL 18, 2022 RYAN MORGAN
The Russian military has reportedly lost its 40th senior officer since the invasion of Ukraine began less than two months ago.
The Ukrainian side first began reporting on Thursday that Russian Lt. Col Denis Mezhuev had been killed in fighting in Ukraine’s east. Rob Lee, a Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) fellow and frequent analyst of the conflict in Ukraine, tweeted, “Ukrainian officials are claiming that Lieutenant Colonel Denis Mezhuev, the commander of Russia’s 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment (2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motorized Rifle Division), was killed in Ukraine.”
While the Russian military has provided no official confirmation of Mezhuev’s reported death, Andrey Kovalev — a former politician and poet with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin — shared a post on social media on Wednesday mourning Mezhuev’s death.
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