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zuul

(14,624 posts) Wed Mar 23, 2022, 12:34 PM Mar 2022

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Another senior Russian officer killed in Mariupol, Russian officials confirm.

Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof (Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent of The Wall Street Journal)

Another senior Russian officer killed in Mariupol, Russian officials confirm. Col. Aleksey Sharov, commander of the 810th Black Sea Marines Brigade.

9:40 AM · Mar 23, 2022

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Another senior Russian officer killed in Mariupol, Russian officials confirm. (Original Post) zuul Mar 2022 OP

I keep wondering - who will step forward to take up the reins? dchill Mar 2022 #1

Sounds like somebody really trained the snipers well Walleye Mar 2022 #2

Might have been very close range. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #6

Cool. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #3

Just aim for the big hats. C_U_L8R Mar 2022 #4

Is he the one that got fragged (run over by his own tank)? lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #5

so they ran out of generals ? drray23 Mar 2022 #7

dchill

(38,453 posts)

1. I keep wondering - who will step forward to take up the reins?

Reply to zuul (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 12:39 PM

Mar 2022

The only answer I can come up with - a fool, that's who.

Walleye

(30,987 posts)

2. Sounds like somebody really trained the snipers well

Reply to zuul (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 12:40 PM

Mar 2022

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

6. Might have been very close range.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 12:56 PM

Mar 2022

...perhaps point blank, if you get my drift.

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)

3. Cool.

Reply to zuul (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 12:42 PM

Mar 2022

C_U_L8R

(44,992 posts)

4. Just aim for the big hats.

Reply to zuul (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 12:47 PM

Mar 2022

They’re going to run out of officers.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

5. Is he the one that got fragged (run over by his own tank)?

Reply to zuul (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 12:55 PM

Mar 2022

drray23

(7,619 posts)

7. so they ran out of generals ?

Reply to zuul (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 01:07 PM

Mar 2022

Ukrainians are now killing colonels and commanders ( a Russian navy commander was killed a few days ago).

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