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Daily Mirror
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Will Stewart

Putin 'axes top general over invasion disaster as Russia loses 50k men', Ukraine claims

Vladimir Putin allegedly purged the chief of his airborne forces amid heavy losses in the war with Ukraine.

Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov, 60, has paid the price of devastating “mass casualties” among paratroopers, it was alleged.

The speculation comes as one Russian source suggested the country’s overall losses in Ukraine are close to 50,000 - significantly higher than most other estimates.

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