Putin loses his NINTH colonel as tank commander becomes latest senior Russian officer to be named among their ‘19,000’ killed in Ukraine war
A funeral was held for Colonel Alexander Bespalov on Friday in Ozersk, Russia
A statement said he was the commander of the 59th Guards Tank Regiment
He becomes the ninth Russian colonel to have been killed during Putin’s invasion
Moscow has taken heavy losses since Feb. 24 amid intense Ukrainian resistance
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A funeral was held for Colonel Alexander Bespalov on Friday in the closed Russian city of Ozersk, according to a local announcement, which said he was killed ‘during a special military operation in Ukraine’ - a term used by Moscow to avoid saying ‘war’.
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