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sort of a tangent to @LongLeftFlanksuggestion... if these guys suddenly both show up for the list in murky circumstances and not in Ukraine we may have an answer.

I was about to ask as akd just posted two guys, a major and a posthumous promotion to major. I was curious as to the difference in role for a Major in the Russian army and the US and therefore what this impact might reflect there. Also note my list is definitely lagging as we weren't really tracking these kinds of losses early on. The spreadsheet that dude was keeping earlier but seems to have not done so in quite a while listed this almost a month ago now. Lt Gen 1 Mjr Gen 7 Col 20 Lt Col 36 Maj 52 Cpt 94 Sr Lt 96 Lt 75 The numbers we have are low reflecting both that not all losses are accounted for both in time lag and some of these guys will likely have been simply vaporized and Russia has shown little concern for retrieving their fallen or reporting on them.

'That's my boiler': Refugee sees Russian tank loot (msn.com)

Top Russian Military Brass Caught Venting, ‘You’re F*cked, Putin—Motherf*cker!’ (thedailybeast.com) cover your ears children, this is very crude talk.

another problem for the incredible shrinking rouble Russian Soldiers Refuse to Fight Due to Shrinking Paychecks: Report (msn.com) Some Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine are refusing to return and fight due to lower paychecks, according to a report from the Russian news outlet Caucasus.Realities. Members of the Russian Guard from Krasnodar, a city in Russia, have filed reports refusing to be sent back to Ukraine. According to a source from the Federal Troops of the National Guard, several of the soldiers cited dissatisfaction with the amount they were paid during their time in Ukraine from February to April as the reason for refusing to fight, Caucasus.Realities reported. The source explained in the report that part of the reason paychecks were shrinking was due to the growing exchange rate of the ruble, Russia's currency. "Just the other day, a payment for the second month of being there came. And if for the first month they paid 100 thousand, now it's 50. The command explained this by the fall in the dollar exchange rate—the payment is calculated from about 50 dollars per day of stay, but is made in rubles at the Russian exchange rate," the source said. The report summarized that if the dollar rate in Russia on March 10 was 120 rubles, it was 56 rubles by May 26, hence why payments from the military had changed. Despite the international economic sanctions against Russia that have slowed economic growth even more than countries predicted, the ruble's value has grown significantly, jumping nearly 150 percent since it initially collapsed right after the invasion began, according to the Wall Street Journal. Decreasing soldiers' paychecks does little to help with the current issue of low morale and mistreatment within the Russian military. While paychecks shrink, soldiers have been asked to pay for weapons and supplies with their own money. The Russian military has reportedly taken to promising significant signing bonuses to those who sign short-term military contracts. A military official in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya was recently offered a first-month salary of 300,000 rubles ($5,200) during a recruitment attempt, according to The Moscow Times. Still, Russian troops are facing significant losses coming from inside their own factions. Russian military officers are reportedly refusing to follow orders, and some troops have reportedly sabotaged their own vehicles to avoid going to the frontlines. Contracted soldiers have been threatened with criminal charges should they attempt to quit, though Newsweek could not independently verify these claims.

Regarding the UK report on Russia casualties, this is our current list. Russia has suffered 'devastating losses' of junior officers, harming its ability to fight, claims UK intel (msn.com) I found a list from March 20 that included lower-level officers and added MG Andrey Kolesnikov, Russia’s 29th Combined Arms Army commander Andrei Sukhovetsky, Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, First Deputy Commander Of The 41st Army Major-general Oleg Mitiayev, commander of 150th motor-rifle division General-Lieutenant Andrey Mordvichev commander 8th CAA Major-General Tushaev (Chechen) LTG Yakov Rezantsev, Russia’s 49th CAA commander, in Chornobaivka near Kherson. MG Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of 8th Guard CAA, Southern military district Major General Simonov Deputy chief of Electronic Warfare Troops of Armed Forces of Russian Federation Guards Colonel Konstantin Zizevsky commander of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Isaikin (killed Mar 2) Colonel Konstantin Ogiy, Head of Kemerovo SOBR unit, Rosgvardiya (killed Feb 28) Colonel Sergey Karasev, Commander, 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade (Ulyanovsk) (Killed Mar 11) Colonel Andrei Zakharov, Battalion-tactical group Commander, 6th Tank Regiment (Chebarkul) , 90th Tank division (killed Mar 10) (given Order of Courage in 2016) Colonel Sergey Sukharev, commander of 331st Guards Airborne Regiment (of the 98th VDV Division) Colonel? Denis Shishov, the commander of the 11th Air Assault Brigade Colonel Yuryi Agarkov, the commander of 33rd motor-rifle regiment (Kamyshyn, Volgograd oblast) of 20th Guard motor-rifle division Colonel Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharov, 6th tank regiment commander Colonel Igor Nikolaev Commander of 252nd Motor Rifle Regiment, the 3rd Motor Rifle Division. Colonel Alexei Sharov, commander of the 810th Marine Brigade Colonel Sergey Savvateeyev, Deputy commander of Rosgvardia SOBR Col. Denis Kurilo commander of the 200th infantry brigade (detachment #08275, Pechenga city) Colonel Alexander Bespalov, commander of 59th Tank Regiment, 144th Motor Rifle Division Lublin twice Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment Colonel Ivan Grishin, the commander of Russia's 49th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (1st Tank Army) Colonel Mikhail Nagamov, commander of 6th engineer-sapper regiment of 1st Guard tank army of Western military district. Colonel Sergei Porokhnya commander of the 12th separate guards engineering brigade Col. Denis Kozlov 12th Guards Engineering Brigade’s (Central Military District) commander This is the second loss of a commander for the Brigade Colonel Nikolay Ovcharenko commander of the 45th Engineer-Sapper Regiment a part of the 1st Guards Tank Army Col. Eduard Pelishenko Acting commander of DNR 1st Army Corps seriously wounded Colonel Vladimir Ivanov, unit unknown Col. Evgeny Gerasimenko,Rosgvardiya spetsnaz. He served in 12th sep.special force detachment "Ural" (Nizhniy Tagil). But he got lost early of 8th of April. Col. Alexei Smirnov, Chief of Communications for 98th Guards Airborne Division Col. Vladimir Ivanov was a press officer for the MoD. Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Agarkov, Commander, 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment. (killed Mar Lieutenant Colonel Okruzhnov Alexander Nikolaevich, Head of Artillery, 104th VDV Regiment, 76th Airborne Division (killed Mar 7) Lieutenant Colonel Renat Ravilovich Gaisin Lieutenant Colonel Denis Glebov, Deputy Commander of the 11th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade (killed Mar 5, given Order of Courage) Lieutenant Colonel Vitaly Slabtsov The Deputy Commander of the VDV's 83rd Air Assault Brigade Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Sofronov, Commander of the 61st Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, (killed Mar 5) Lt Colonel Mikhail Orchikov was deputy commander of a motor-rifle brigade 19th motor-rifle division Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Savvateev, Deputy Commander, SOBR unit (Vladimir), Rosgvardiya Lt.colonel Ilya Piatkin, 38 years SOBR Lt.colonel Roman Ryabov, 50 years SOBR Lt.colonel (likely) Mikhail Rodionov, 46 years SOBR lt.colonel, Ruslan Gashiyatullin, but only motor-rifle battalion commander. Odd. According to Russian media, he lived in Dagestan, so probably he is from 136th Guard motor-rifle brigade of 58th CAA. lt.colonel Igor Zharov a VDV officer and RVVDKU graduate, was killed in Ukraine. He was the chief of staff for a regiment lt.colonel Alexandr Okruzhnov, artillery chief of 104th Guard air-assault regiment of 76th Guard air-assault divosion Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kornik, head of the HQ for 40th Engineer-Sapper Regiment (but I can’t find a reference to this unit, so I wonder if it was actually 45th Engineer-Sapper Regiment Lt.colonel Dmitriy Dormidontov, MLRS battalion commander 20 of March Ukrainian mortar shell directly hit Russian blindage. Three officers were killed - battalion commander (probably motor-rifle, so mayor or lt.colonel too) - forward air-controller (usually lt. or captain) Lieutenant Colonel Georgy Petrunin, the military commandant of Samara Lt.colonel Dinar Khametov, MLRS battalion commander of 200th motor-rifle brigade of 14th Army Corps of Joint Strategical Command "Northern Fleet". Lt.colonel Dibir Dibirov, 291st motor-rifle regiment of 42nd MRD, 58th CAA Lt.colonel Viacheslav Savinov, deputy chief of the staff, chief of artillery recon of 49th CAA Lt.colonel Miras Bashakov, commander of 133th separate guard tank battalion of 138th separate guard motor-rifle brigade Lt.colonel Denis Mezuyev, commander of 1st Guard motor-rifle regiment of 2nd Guard "Tamanskaya" MRD. Lt. Col. Aleksey Kryukov, possibly FSB Special Purpose Center Alfa group FSB Lt.colonel Eduard Dmitriev, senior officer of combat training department of 2nd guard CAA, Central military district, killed 24th of April. Lt.Colonel Grigoriy Tarasenko. Interesting person. He already participated in the war on Donbas during 2016-2019 probably as a shadow comamnder and even was wounded in 2019. Then participated in Syria operation. Lt.colonel Alexandr Blinov, senior officer of combat training of 150th motor-rifle division, Novoherkassk, Rostov oblast, 8th CAA Lt. Col. Albert Karimov, GRU Spetsnaz Captain 2nd Rank (Lt. Col. equivalent) Alexander Bobrov, commander 170th Minesweeper Division, 184th Water Area Protection Brigade (Novorossiysk). "Lt.colonel" (LPR-promoted) Roman Medvedev, artillery chief of 4th motor-rifle brigade of LPR. Lt.colonel Dmitriy Golosenko, 1st GTR of 2nd GMRD - MIA Lt. Col. Denis Sukhanov, artillery officer for unknown unit Lt. Col. Valentin Kuzmin, HQ staff of 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division Lt. Col. Sergey Nikitin, 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Lt. Col. Alexander Dosyagaev, commander 2nd Airborne Battalion, 104th Guards Airborne Regiment, 76th Guards Air-Assault Division Lieutenant Colonel Fezul Bichikaev from Vladikavkaz was the deputy commander of a regiment in Yekaterinburg, possibly the 288th MRR Major Ruslan Leonov, Spetsnaz company commander (killed Mar 10) Major Alexei Ilnitsky, deputy battalion commander, VDV 11th Air Assault Brigade (Ulan-Ude) (killed, given Order of Courage) Guards Major Andrei Petrovich Burlakov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Secret Service, Chief of Intelligence of Regiment, Rosgvardia (killed Mar 10) Major Bezborodov Dmitry Valeryevich, Rosgvardiya battalion commander (killed) Major Vorsyuchenko Alexey Vasilyevich, VDV Unit #81430 HQ, 76th Airborne SAM Regiment (killed) Major Dmity Bezborodov Bezzhizninski, Operational Battalion Commander, Rosgvardia (killed) Major Sergey Vladimirovich Kashansky, GRU/GU 24th SpetsNaz Brigade? (killed) Major Dmitry Bukatin, 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad) (killed) Major Patskalev Oleg Mikhailovich, Deputy Commander, 2nd Battalion, 331st VDV Guards Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th Guards Airborne Division (killed) Major Alexander Viktorovich Shchetkin, Deputy Commander for Military-Political Work, 1st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Sevastopol), 2nd Guards Tamanians Motor Rifle Division (killed) Major Ratmir Kudayev (Police) (killed, given Order of Courage) Major Sergei Krylov, Deputy Commander, 331st VDV Guards Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th Airborne Division (killed Mar 17) Major Alexey Osokin, the commander of the VDV's 31st Air Assault Brigade's 1st battalion Major Oleg Patskalev, deputy battalion commander, 331st Guards Airborne Regiment, 98th Guards Airborne Division. Mayor Denis Yagidarov, commander of airborne battlion of 31st separate air-assault brigade Major Ruslan Vladimirovich Petrukhin, deputy battalion commander in the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 35th Army, Eastern Military District (killed Mar 11) Major Dmitry Toptun motorized rifle battalion commander 488th Motor Rifle Regiment, 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division Major Viktor Maksimchuk possible deputy commander of a motorized rifle regiment or battalion commander Major Alexandr Lyubanov. VDV. Marine Major Alexey Sukhanov 177th Naval Infantry Regiment Major Azamat Alinov, company commander in 3rd Spetsnaz Brigade Major Livoskiy Deputy Commander of 35th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade’s rocket artillery battalion Major Sergei Panov was reportedly the tank battalion commander in the 21st Motorized Rifle Brigade (other sources say 90th GTD) Major Alexander Sergeevich Fedorov, Chief of Communications and Deputy Chief of Staff of Unit #47130, 103rd Rocket Brigade (Ulan-Ude, Divizionnaya station) (killed Mar 15)met with our SOF... Major Ruslan Petrukhin, a graduate of the Kazan Higher Military Command School and a deputy battalion commander in the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade, was killed in Ukraine. Maj. Pavel Suslov, Tyumen is his city. 40th engineer-sapper regiment, Ishym town of Tiumen oblast Mayor Dmitriy Tiunin, commander (?) of engineer-sapper battalion of 136th guard motor-rifle brigade, 58th guard CAA Captain Timur Suleymanov acting commander for 228th motor-rifle regiment? Major Dmitriy Stakheev Mayor Yegor Sannikov. No other info. Probably artillery officer. Mayor Alexey Martiushev Mayor Denis Golovko, deputy commander of 2nd motor-rifle battalion of 71st guard motor-rifle regiment, 42nd guard motor-rifle division, 58th guard CAA Mayor Sergey Kashanskiy, 19th separate special force detachment "Yermak" (Novosibirsk) of Rosgvardia, Syberian military district of Rosgvardia Mayor Sergey Reznichenko, chief of the staff of some supply battalion. Mayor Pavel Gareyev, unit and data of death unknown. Judging by the signs on lapels he served in air defense unit and his rank is AD battalion command/staff duty. Mayor (?) Pavel Yevgkevskyi. Commander of 4th battalion of 105th rifle regiment of DPR's 1st Army Corps Major Artyom Lazarenko was the operations officer for the 439th Rocket Artillery Brigade Major Alexey Dineka, 247th Air Assault Regiment, 7th Air Assault Division Mayor Alexey Varnavskiy. Data of death and unit unknown. He has signs of signal troops on lapels. His rank corresponds to HQ of divisional level signal unit. Major Yury Belitchenko, Flight Commander in 55th Separate Helicopter Regiment, SMD Mayor Nikolay Kolesnikov, unit unknown, signs on the shoulder strips similar to ground forces (except tank trops) Mayor Vasiliy Tynnyi, deputy of company comamnder of Spetsnaz. unit unknown Mayor Grigoriy Artemyev, officer of military commandant unit. Mayor Andrey Kunakov, chief of the staff, 153rd separate SOF detachment of 346th separate SOF brigade, Special Operations Command. Mayor Azamat Alimov, company commander of 3rd Special forces brigade Mayor of reserve Valeryi Statilko. Reserve Maj. Valery Farshatov, volunteer for LNR Mayor Sergey Kotelnikov, killed 7th of May, unit unknown Maj. Dmitry Vostrikov, deputy commander of 810th Naval Infantry Brigade’s air-assault battalion Major Galiev Artyom Radikovich, KIA Mayor Sergey Borisenko, 106th guard airborne division Maj. Ivan Zaika, possibly from 41st CAA headquarters or some subordinate unit Mayor Ramis Zagretdinov, motor-rifle battalion commader of 35th guard motor-rifle brigade, 41st CAA Mayor Leonid Sharshukov, unit unknown, likely engineer. Died in hospital on 9th of May Mayor Viacheslav Karenko, due to anchor signs he served in Black Sea Fleet, but in some coastal unit. He had Ukrainian citizenship, served in Ukrainian naval forces and betrayed in 2014. Retired (?) mayor (?) Ivan Kravchenko. Battalion commander. He has a chevron of GRU, but also has a sign of Donbas Volunteer Union, so currently he was not officer of Russian regular troops. Either DPR battalion commander (regular or conscripts), or Russian volunteers battalion commander. mayor Alexandr Shchetkin, 1st GTR of 2nd GMRD mayor Dmitriy Lytnyev, 423rd GMRR of 4th GTD mayor Ilgiz Usmanov, 423rd GMRR of 4th GTD mayor Maxim Khlebko, 7th separate recon battalion of 47th GTD Major Dmitry Lytnev, 4th Guards Tank Division Major Gregory Artemiev, head of military commandant’s office in Volsk, Saratov Oblast. Maj. Roman Sarychev, military commandant Maj. Anton Morozov, air-assault company commander, 542nd Separate Air-Assault Battalion Mayor Anatoliy Miagkov, last meantion of his service - 12th separate special force detachment "Ural" of Rosgvardia, Ural district of Rosgvardia Maj. Sergei Borisenko, 106th Airborne Division Maj. Valentin Ivanov, unit unknown Major Yuri Melekhin, commander 1st Spetsnaz Detachment of the 16th Separate Spetsnaz Brigade Maj. Ivan Budkin, chief of staff of 2nd Airborne Battalion, 234th Airborne Regiment, 76th Air-Assault Division Maj. Alexander Denisov deputy of battalion commander of 137th guard airborne regiment of 106th guard airborne division Reserve Maj. Denis Sorokin Mayor Nikolay Kolomoyets, 61st Naval infantry brigade, 14th Army Corps of Norhern Fleet coastal units Major Roman Khlynovsky, engineering officer (probably) in the 64th Guards Separate Motor Rifle Brigade Captain Andrey Paliy Capt. Fakhretin Gasanov, commander 1st MRB, 394th MRR, 127th MRD Captain Maklagin Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich (killed Feb 25, given Order of Courage) Captain Aleksey Aleksandrovich Chuchmanov, GRU/GU 3rd SpetsNaz Brigade (Tolyatti) (killed Mar 3, 2022) Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, platoon commander, Russian 247th Guards Assault Caucasian Cossack Regiment (killed) Captain Sergei Aleksandrovich Visyach (killed) Captain Alexey Glushchak, GRU/GU 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade (killed, given Order of Courage) Captain Ilya Kuptsov, VDV 76th Air Assault Division, Intelligence Department (Pskov) (killed) Captain Alexander Vladimirovich Shokun, Chief of Communications, VDV 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade (Ulan-Ude) (killed) Captain Nikitin Alexey Nikolaevich, 1141st Guards Artillery Regiment, 7th VDV Guards Mountain Air Assault Division (Novorossiysk) (killed) Captain Eduard Gilmiyarov Rinatovich, Commander, 5th Airborne Assault Company, 31st VDV Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade (Ulyanovsk) (killed) Police Captain Opatsky Alexei Mikhailovich, Commander, Zyryanin OMON Special Purpose Mobile Platoon, Rosgvardia Directorate, Komi Republic (killed) Captain Dmitry Nikolayevich Chumanov, Commander, MLRS Battery (Ulan-Ude) (killed Mar 4) Senior Lieutenant Alexei Aleshko, Military Intelligence Officer (killed Mar 10) Senior Lieutenant Andrei Shamko, VDV, GRU/GU 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade (Pskov) (killed) Senior Lieutenant Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov, company commander, 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment (killed, given Hero of Russia) Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Shumitsky, Tank Company Commander, 81st Tank Battalion, 42nd Motorized Rifle Division (killed, given Order of Courage) Senior Lieutenant Sergey Dorokhov, Rosgvardia SOBR team member (Vologda) (killed) Senior Lieutenant Aleksey Aleshko, Platoon Commander, VDV, RVVDKU graduate. (killed Feb 25, given Order of Courage) Senior Lieutenant Nikita Ivanovich Perfilov, VKS Russian Aerospace Forces (killed Mar 6) Senior Lieutenant Lazarenko Alexander Alexandrovich (killed, given Order of Courage) Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Symov, 331st VDV Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th Airborne Division (killed) Senior Lieutenant Sukhovskoy Semyon Mikhailovich, Company Commander, 234th Air Assault Regiment, VDV 76th Guards Air Assault Division (killed Mar 5) Senior Lieutenant Sergei Zuykov Alekseevich, Rosgvardia (killed, given Order of Courage) Senior Lieutenant Sergey Alekseevich Zuykov (killed, given Order of Courage) Senior Lieutenant Vokhmyanin Alexander Viktorovich, Chief of Staff, Artillery Battalion (killed) Senior Lieutenant Maxim Vadimovich Susloparov, Unit #90600, 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Peacekeeping Brigade of Alexandria (Roshchinsky), 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army (killed) Senior Lieutenant Maxim Kholkin, Air Defense, 4th Military Base (South Ossetia) (killed March 7, given Order of Courage) Senior Lieutenant Anton Volkov, Translator, GRU/GU, (killed Feb 27) Senior Lieutenant Sergei Chudnik, Commander, Tank Platoon (killed March 16, given Hero of DPR) Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Vdovin, Company Commander (killed, given Order of Courage) Senior Lieutenant Ilya Sergeevich Chernyshev, Commander, Armored Battery, 331st Guards Airborne Regiment (Kostroma), 98th VDV Guards Airborne Division (killed, given Order of Courage) Senior Lieutenant Nikita Samoilov, Deputy Commander, VDV Reconnaissance Company (killed) Senior Lieutenant Alexei Ivanov, 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade (Ulan-Ude) (killed) Lieutenant Alexander Osipov, VDV (killed) Lieutenant Georgy Alexandrovich Dudorov, Deputy Commander, Military-Political Affairs, Recon company, 137th Airborne Regiment, 106th VDV Airborne Division (Tula) (killed March 6) Lieutenant Alexander Lebedev (killed) Lieutenant Vitaly Olegovich Golub , Platoon Commander, 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (Volgograd) (killed, given Order of Courage) Lieutenant Dmitry Chernyshev, VDV 247th Air Assault Regiment (killed, given Order of Courage) Lieutenant Daniil Dmitreievich Kurin, Reconnaissance Platoon Commander, 34th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade (killed, March 3) Lieutenant Georgy Dudorov, Deputy Commander, Reconnaissance Company, 137th VDV Airborne Regiment, 106th Guards Airborne Division (Tula), son of Alexander Durorov, the Deputy Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug (killed Mar 6) Lieutenant Ovchinnikov Lev Aleksandrovich, VDV 331st Airborne Regiment (Kostroma) (killed) Lieutenant Vsevolod Vasilyevich Yaroslavtsev, Commander, Mortar Platoon, Motorized Rifle Battalion, 126th Gorlovskaya Separate Coastal Defense Brigade (Perevalnoe), 22nd Army Corps. (killed Mar 3) Lieutenant Stanislav Olegovich Kutelev, VDV, RVVDKU graduate (killed) Lieutenant Brian Andrei Yurkov, Ground Forces Air Defense Officer (North Ossetia) (killed) Naval- Captain of 3rd rank (=mayor) Alexandr Chirva, commander of large landing ship "Tsezar Kunnikov" of 197th landing ship brigade, Black Sea Fleet. Died from wounds 16-17th of April. He was wounded during Uлrainan strike on Russians landing ships in Berdiansk on 24th of March Captain of 1st rank (=colonel) Andrei Paliy Deputy of Black Sea Fleet commander Captain of 3rd rank (mayor equivalent) Roman Pasynkov, chief of troops service department of Black Sea HQ 810th Naval Infantry Brigade Aviation - Mayor Yevgeniy Osipov, 18th Guard assault aviation regiment "Normandia-Neman" (Su-25SM) Mayor Artyom Ogoltsov, 332nd Guard helicopter regiment (airfields Pushkin, Pribilovo, Leningrad oblast) of 6th AF and AD Army, Western militrary district. This regiment is armed with Mi-28N, Mi-35 and Mi-8AMTSh. Google search shows, during maneuvers Zapad-2021 he was a pilot of Mi-28N. Colonel Ruslan Rudnev was a Su-25 attack aircraft pilot based in the Far East. He was killed in Ukraine and buried on March 1 Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Narzullaevich Khasanov, Deputy Commander, 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (pilot, Su-30SM, killed Mar 5) Lt.colonel Fyodor Solovyov, commander of 872nd SP-howitzer regiment of 127th motor-rifle division, 5th CAA Eastern Military District Major General (*ret.) Banamat Botashev Russian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Pozynych, Deputy Commander for Military-Political Work, 14th Guards Fighter Regiment (Kursk) (Pilot, Su-30SM, killed) Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Chervov, Deputy Commander, Aviation Regiment (Voronezh) (Pilot, Su-25, killed Mar 7) Captain Ivan Sergeevich Afanasyev (Pilot, Ka-52?, killed) Captain Radzhabov Rabazan Gasainievich (Pilot, killed) Captain Emelyanchik Sergei Stanislavovich (Pilot, Mi-28n?, killed Mar 4) Captain Eugene Kislakov, 14th Guards Fighter Regiment (Kursk) (Pilot, Su-30SM, killed) Separatist Forces - separatist commander Mikhail Kyshchyk, better known as "Misha Chechen," Colonel (DPR-promoted? Or posthumously?) Statsenko Alexey, deputy commander of armament of 1st motor-rifle brigade of DPR. "Mayor" (LPR-promoted) Alexzndr Shepel, battalion commander of 2nd motor-rifle brigade LPR. Citizen of Ukraine. Considered as "best battalion comamnder of LPR". Killed 6th of March "Captain" or even "mayor" (DPR-promoted) Agranovich Sergey, company commander of recon-assault battalion "Sparta" of DPR. "Colonel" (DPR promoted) Vladimir Kovalenko, chief of "non-departamental security of Internal affairs ministry of DPR" (prisoners guarding service). Citizen of Ukraine. Former officer of Ukrainian 20th separate convoy service battalion of Internal troops (later National Guard), dislocated in Donetsk. After his unit was seized in 2014 by DPR he defected to separs side. Reserve Lt. Col. Alexander Kalnitsky, presumably with a Cossack volunteer unit from Krasnodar Krai LNR Police Lt. Col. Denis Babich Vladimir Zhoga, warlord, Sparta Battalion (Lt Col equivalent?) (killed Mar 5) Separatist Taras "Clooney" Gordienko, Commander, B-2 Anti-tank group (killed Mar 14) WIA Major General Serhiy Nirkov was seriously wounded; Chief of Staff - Deputy Commander of the 35th Combined Arns Army Major General Andriy Serytsky Chief of Staff - Deputy Commander of the 36th Combined Arms Army was seriously wounded; First Rank Captain Anton Kuprin, 44, lead Russian warship was fatally hit by Ukrainian Neptune missiles Col. Yan Sukhanov, acting commander 810th Guards Separate Naval Infantry Brigade - heavily wounded (commander Col. Aleksey Sharov was killed in Mariupol on Mar. 22nd)clancy Lt. Col. Aleksey Teremkov, commander 542nd Separate Air-Assault Battalion - heavily wounded Maj. Leonid Smirnoff, acting commander 382nd Separate Naval Infantry Battalion - heavily wounded Captured Lieutenant Colonel Krishtop Maxim Sergeevich Deputy Commander of the 47th Aviation Regiment I have two listings which may both be Krishtop. Lieutenant Colonel Krishtop Maxim Sergeevich, (Pilot , Su-30, captured) Lieutenant Colonel, 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment 47th Bomber Aviation Regiment, 105th Guards Mixed Aviation Division (Pilot, Su-34, captured) Lt. Colonel Astrakhov Dmitry Mikhailovich:from SOBR Lt.colonel Alexandr Koshel Claimed he is the chief of PsyOps counteraction group of 58th CAA His documents says he is mayor, serving in m/u 21250 - 212th Training center of tank troops (Siberian Military district). He can be promoted to lt.colonel and appointed lately on the duty of PsyOps in 58th CAA and hadn't time to change own military ID. lt.colonel Sergei Kosik, 14th Fighter aviation regiment Lieutenant Colonel Anikin head of artillery of the 59th regiment Captain Denisov the head of communications of the 59th regiment Major Sergey Yermalov, 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Besovets airfield, Karelia, 105th Mixed Aviation Division, 6th AF and AD Army, Western Military District lt.colonel Yevgeniy Starodubov, 1st GTR of 2nd GMRD mayor Ilshat Gazimov, 27th GMRB mayor Yuriy Grechko, 96th separate recon brigade Major Schetkin Leonid Petrovich, Commander and chief of staff, 35th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 41st Combined Arms Army (captured Feb 26) Major Rashki Shishkanov Dmitry Alexandrovich, Battalion Deputy Commander, 126th Gorlovskaya Separate Coastal Defense Brigade (Perevalnoe), Unit #12676, 22nd Army Corps, Black Sea Fleet (captured) Sacked General Roman Gavrilov of Rosgvardia General Vladislav Ershov, commander of 6th Army Lieutenant General Sergei Kissel, commander 1st Guards Tank Army Anatoly Bolyukh Deputy to FSB head Col Gen Sergei Beseda 150 FSB agents purged Lt. Gen. Arkadiy Marzoev as a commander of the 22nd Army Corps Arrested Admiral Igor Osipov commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Armed Forces arrested Col Gen Sergei Beseda, head of the foreign intelligence branch of the FSB, the Fifth Service Beseda has been sent to Lefortovo prison in Moscow Fragging incidents - okay maybe just a rumor but a fun one! 37th Guards Separate Motor Rifle Brigade commander Col. Yuri Medvedev hospitalized in Belarus after being intentionally run over by one of his own soldiers Suicide commander of the 13th Tank Regiment of the 4th Tank Division Others Col Vladimir Kryvolapov replacement commander of the 810th Marine Brigade only a Sgt? Oligarchs These two and there was another one in Surrey, England, age 58, who supposedly hanged himself 2 weeks ago in his $18 million custom mansion. Mikhail Watford was worth tens of billions and told his neighbor last year that he was on Putin's list. Spanish news website El Punt Avui reported the bodies of Sergey Protosenya, 55, his wife and his daughter were found at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19 at their home in the seaside resort of Lloret de Mar in Spain's Catalonia region. Former Kremlin official and Gazprombank vice-president Vladislav Avayev, 51, was found dead in his luxury Moscow apartment by his 26-year-old daughter on Monday, police said. The bodies of his wife Yelena, 47, and younger daughter Maria, 13, were also discovered. All had suffered gunshot wounds. Alexander Subbotin has reportedly died after an anti-hangover treatment that involved toad poison

and simultaneously they are making great strides at improving morale! Russia Holding Hostage Relatives of Troops Who Disobey Orders: Report (msn.com)

nah despite what is shown in "reefer madness' pot could never induce this type of hallucination. I'm thinking a serious heavy mix of LSD, Psilocybin and peyote along with brain surgery to remove some of the logic controlling portions. Morons couldn't disarm a Yorkshire terrier at this point.

interesting knock on effects and competition for Russia in thee "sanctioned oil producing countries" markets. Ukraine war threatens Iran's last economic lifeline (msn.com)

Plam E. Take and Hold Belgorod.... success!!! Putin can hold a parade!

I'll say this much for the Russian Army. - there is plenty of opportunity for advancement.

keep up steve, that was 3 pages ago. (though we didn't have the pic then)

1. The Emerald Isle is Ireland. 2. The Scots would likely be a bit unamused at being lumped in with Brits. United Kingdom.. maybe okay but not Brits. 3. Monty python is always welcome 4. Was this intended? "As to the obsession with "junk" well I can only go with what I have been exposed to" as I am sure exposing oneself violates forum policy.

these were all planned events. They aren't 'reacting". Putin's entourage apparently doesn't get social media or they just don't care.

Man Russia really does suck at this sort of stuff. Putin Accused of Staging Meetings With Public As People Reappear in Photos (msn.com)

Russian Official Demands Putin End War, Gets Escorted Out of Meeting (msn.com)

More fallout for Putin Pro-Russia Former President Of Moldova Placed Under House Arrest (msn.com) Moldovan authorities placed the country’s former president and Kremlin ally Igor Dodon under house arrest for 30 days Thursday, the Associated Press and Reuters report, and Dodon suggests legal actions against him are politically motivated amid swirling fears in Moldova of extending Russian influence. During his house arrest, prosecutors will investigate allegations against Dodon for treason and corruption, and he was detained Tuesday on suspicion of those two charges and graft, according to Elena Cazacov, Moldova’s senior anti-corruption prosecutor, though she did not specify if the treason charges are related to Dodon’s pro-Russian sentiments.

maybe a small part of the reason Russian use of drones doesn't appear as effective.... Russian Soldiers Looting in Ukraine May Also Be Stealing From Putin: Report (msn.com) Russian soldiers have been looting not only Ukrainians but reportedly even their own army in at least one instance, according to an investigation by independent Russian media outlet Mediazona. A report on the outlet's probe cited a specific case, on April 29, in which a suspected Russian officer was seen in recorded footage bringing a box containing what appeared to be an Orlan drone to a shipping checkpoint in the Russian town of Valuyki, a few miles from the Russia-Ukraine border. Russia has been using Orlan-10 drones in its war in Ukraine, Mediazona reported, indicating that the officer may have stolen the device from his own army.

hows that for a headline after 3 months? Will Ukraine Invade Russia After Pushing Putin's Forces Back? (msn.com)

They have a border, a freakin slingshot would technically qualify. More trash talk and empty threats. Besides UA has already crossed that border more than once to demonstrate Russian vulnerability and the Russian response was... nothing.

Russia’s army is in a woeful state | The Economist behind a paywall, but excerpt kinda tells it all The job of organizing NATO’s biggest military exercise since the cold war kept Admiral James Foggo, then the commander of American naval forces in Europe and Africa, busy in the summer of 2018. Trident Juncture was to gather 50,000 personnel, 250 aircraft and 65 warships in the European Arctic in October. As logistically taxing as that sounds, it was small fry compared with what Russia was planning in Siberia in September. The Vostok exercises would be the biggest since the Soviet Union’s mammoth Zapad drills of 1981, boasted Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s defence minister: they would involve 300,000 troops, 1,000 aircraft and 80 warships. This was a huge feat. “It was a big lift for us to get 50,000 people in the field,” recalled Admiral Foggo recently. “How did they do that?” The answer, he eventually realized, was that they did not do it. A company of troops (150 at most) at Vostok was counted as a battalion or even a regiment (closer to 1,000). Single warships were passed off as whole squadrons. This chicanery might have been a warning sign that not everything was as it seemed in the Russian armed forces, even before they got bogged down in the suburbs of Kyiv.

New Punishments Await Russian Defectors as Putin Grows Alarmed Over Ukraine (msn.com)

Nice response to NY Times suggestion of appeasement. Ukraine Newspaper Warns New York Times Not to 'Appease' Putin (msn.com) The Kyiv Independent, an English-language Ukrainian newspaper, hit back on Tuesday with a fiery editorial of its own. The paper's editorial board slammed the "disappointing" article that is said "attempts to pass off appeasement and betrayal of the free world's values as pragmatic reasoning." The Independent accused the Times of calling for the West to "appease" Putin by "giving up" in the conflict, which would have wide-reaching consequences, the editorial said. "Make no mistake: If you appease a dictator, whose troops regularly indulge in war crimes, it will lead to a catastrophic geopolitical shift," the editorial reads. "A Russian military victory would lead to land grabs and brutal conquest becoming the new norm. Allowing a power-hungry fascist dictatorship to succeed will encourage other dictatorships to try."

I am still in the skeptical column. We are only talking a 7-10 km advance on a narrow front. It is unfortunate, but not exactly a rapier thrust. In addition. it isn't clear they can maintain the momentum. From ISW on May 22nd Russian forces made only minimal gains in eastern Ukraine on May 22. New reporting confirmed that Russian troops previously recaptured Rubizhne in northern Kharkiv Oblast, on May 19. Russian forces are likely committing additional reinforcements to hold their positions on the west bank of the Siverskyi Donets River in northern Kharkiv—rather than withdrawing across the river to use it as a defensive position—to prevent any further Ukrainian advances to the north or the east that could threaten Russian lines of communication to the Izyum axis. Ukrainian sources additionally confirmed previous Russian-claimed advances around Popasna, and Russian forces likely seek to open a new line of advance north from Popasna to complete the encirclement of Severodonetsk while simultaneously driving west toward Bakhmut, though Russian forces are unlikely to be able to fully resource both lines of advance simultaneously. ISW report from yesterday. Russian forces have begun steadily advancing efforts in these different encirclements daily but have not achieved any major “breakthroughs” or made major progress towards their stated objectives of securing the Donetsk Oblast borders or seizing all of Donbas. The highlighted line tells me Russia is still trying to do too much at once with limited logistical capability. The reporting over 3 days indicates that after that initial push when the territorial units pulled out, they are back to a grinding advance. For me this would account for the UA still not pulling out of the salient. They do not expect to see a rapid enough advance to threaten their rear quite yet. i.e. they are not panicked by that 7-10 km thrust.

back in my early days at AT&T (late 1980s) this always seemed to be how they found the crew managers. With a few exceptions they were the worst technicians. They wanted to get paid to sit behind a desk and do nothing.