Officials describe reported incident during fighting in Ukraine as sign of ‘morale challenges’ faced by invading forces
Highlights
- Western officials say incident is sign of’morale challenges’ faced by invading forces.
- Some reports said colonel of 37th separate guards motor rifle brigade was run over by tank.
- Western officials retracted claim in light of conflicting evidence on social media.
- They said key point was that he was a victim of a mutiny, not whether he had been killed or not.
- A separate film released by the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, showed the commander, Yuri Medvedev, being transported by medical troops, in which he is clearly alive.
- The US has estimated that 7,000 Russians have been killed, out of an invasion force of about 150,000.