Russian General Killed with 7 Soldiers from the feared unit under Putin's direct control

Oleg Mityaev, 47, a Russian army major general and commander of the elite 150th motorised rifle division, died in Ukraine, according to reports. Image Credit - East-west news

Major General Oleg Mityaev, commander of Russia's 150th motorized rifle division, was killed as he attempted to invade Mariupol, Ukraine says, making him the fourth Russian officer to die.

Ukraine claims that a Russian general killed while trying to attack the south Ukrainian city of Mariupol has become the fourth Russian commander to die since the invasion began.

According to Kyiv, Major General Oleg Mityaev, commander of the Russian army's 150th motorized rifle division, was killed while attempting to seize the city.

Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko released a photo of the 47-year-body. old's Because of its graphic nature, the Mirror has decided not to publish it.

According to Kyiv, he is the fourth Russian general to die in less than three weeks of conflict.

He died with seven top special operations fighters from the country's national guard's feared Dzerzhinsky Division, which is under Vladimir Putin's direct command.

According to reports, the invasion is being commanded by around 20 Russian generals, with one-fifth of them having killed in the first three weeks.

He is the fourth Russian general to die in the invasion of Ukraine, which is supposed to be led by around 20 generals. Image - east-west news

This significant blow for the Kremlin comes as a prominent Russian airman says that his country's troops have incurred losses that will "frighten" the people.

Captain Alexander Garnaev, a well-known military test pilot who received the Kremlin's highest honor, the Hero of Russia medal, condemned the "totally inexplicable" conflict.

He went on to say that the true battle dead toll is still a well-guarded secret.

Mityaev's death comes after three other generals were killed.

Honored Test Pilot Alexander Garnaev is a Russian Federation Hero. Image - east-west news

The first Russian general to die was Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, who was supposedly shot by a sniper.

In a speech eight days into the invasion, Putin revealed his death.

Confirmation of his death, according to Christo Grozev, executive director of investigative journalism outlet Bellingcat, would be a "huge demotivator" for Russian troops.

Sukhovetsky, who graduated from Airborne Command School in 1995, was reportedly awarded for his role in the annexation of Crimea and Russian newspaper Pravda.

The first general to die was Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, commander of the Russian Airborne Troops' Novorossiysk Guards mountain air assault division. Image Credit - TASS.

Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, the second general to die, died the same week.

Gerasimov, along with other senior commanders, was slain near the eastern city of Kharkiv, according to Ukraine's defense ministry.

The ministry then released a chat between two Russian FSB officers, which it claimed was about the general's murder and how their secret connections were no longer working within Ukraine.

Another dead general, Vitaly Gerasimov, was killed in fighting near Kharkiv. Image Credit - Wikimedia Commons.

Then, on March 11, General Andrei Kolesnikov of the 29th Combined Arms Army was killed in combat.

Source: Metro