“In modern history, there is no comparable situation regarding the deaths of generals,” Stavridis said during a radio interview with WABC 770 AM. “Just to make a point of comparison here, the United States in all our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq … in all these years and all these battles, not a single general has lost in real battles.” The former commander added that “on the Russian side, in two months, we have seen at least a dozen, if not more Russian generals being killed. Such astonishing incompetence.” He also criticized other aspects of the Russian military’s performance, saying they had “inability to conduct logistics” and “bad battle plans”. Former NATO commander James Stavridis said Russia had shown “amazing incompetence” like several Russian generals who have died in recent weeks. Above, a Russian military patrols the port of Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 29. Andrey Borodulin He also noted the loss of Moskva, a Russian warship that the Pentagon said the Ukrainians sank with a rocket last month. The loss of the ship was a hit of $ 750 million for the Russian army, according to an analysis by Forbes Ukraine. “It was a bad performance by the Russians so far,” Stavridis said. In late April, Newsweek compiled a list of several Russian generals who had been killed during the war. These include Lt. Gen. Andrey Sukhovetsky, who served as commander of Russia’s 7th Airborne Guards Division and deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army, and was reportedly killed by sniper fire in February. Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of Russia’s 8th Combined Army, was also reportedly killed last month. A European diplomat who spoke to Foreign Policy on condition of anonymity about the deaths of Russian generals in March said damage to communications equipment had left them vulnerable. “They are fighting in the front line to pass their orders,” the diplomat said. “They have to go to the front line to get things done, which puts them at a much greater risk than you would normally see.” In an interview with ABC News last week, former US ambassador to NATO Douglas Luth said he believed Russian forces could not occupy the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, or replace the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Putin is trying to evaluate what is possible and is looking for opportunities and he will seize the first good available. At the moment, there do not seem to be many good opportunities for Vladimir Putin,” he said.
