Putin loses his ‘Lady Death’ as first female Russian colonel is killed by Ukrainian troops in rocket attack on her car

VLADIMIR Putin has lost his first female colonel as ‘Lady Death’ was killed in Ukraine. The Russian leader granted posthumous Hero of Russia honour-the Kremlin’s highest award- to Olga “Kursa’ Kachura”, 52, who was killed in a rocket attack on her car. Olga “Kursa’ Kachura” died in a strike in Ukraine She is the 97th known colonel to have been killed in Putin’s war in Ukraine.  She was a colonel in the forces of the Russian puppet state Donetsk People’s Republic, where she commanded a rocket artillery division deployed against Ukraine.  The Russian President said he had awarded her “for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty”. According to local reports, she was killed instantly when a Ukrainian strike hit her car. The news of her death were confirmed by Putin ally Margarita Simonyan who posted: “Legendary Korsa died in Horlivka… May she rest in peace…” Simonyan – head of the sanctioned RT network – added: “The Chief [Putin] awarded Korsa the title of Hero of Russia.  “That’s how it’s supposed to be. These are our common heroes.”