Ukraine news latest — Putin SACKS Russian commander due to ‘exceptionally heavy casualties’ & more dismissals expected

VLADIMIR Putin has sacked a senior Russian commander after “suffered exceptionally heavy casualties” according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence. In their latest intelligence update, the UK’s MoD claimed it is highly likely that Putin dismissed Colonel-General Rustam Muradov as commander of the Eastern Group of Forces in Ukraine. The Ministry said: “The EGF under Muradov has suffered exceptionally heavy casualties in recent months as its poorly conceived assaults repeatedly failed to capture the Donetsk Oblast town of Vuhledar.” “He is the most senior Russian military dismissal of 2023 so far, but more are likely as Russia continues to fail to achieve its objectives in the Donbas,” they added. It comes as Putin is “staying in bunkers” to avoid assassination after becoming “pathologically afraid for his own life” according to a former protection officer of the president. Read our Ukraine war blog below for the latest news…