Mutinous Russian troops ran over their own commander, say western officials

Officials describe reported incident during fighting in Ukraine as sign of ‘morale challenges’ faced by invading forces

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Western officials have said they believe a Russian commander was run over by mutinous forces during the fighting in Ukraine, in a sign of what they described as the “morale challenges” faced by the invading forces.

They highlighted – and repeated – reports from earlier this week from a Ukrainian journalist that a colonel of the 37th separate guards motor rifle brigade was run over by a tank. Some reports said he had died of his injuries.

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