INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In a ceremony deserving of his rank, Russian Major General Vladimir Frolov was laid to rest in St
Vladimir Petrovich Frolov died a heroic death in battle with Ukrainian nationalists
military analyst Pavel Luzhin told The Moscow Times.Frolov is one of a total of 12 Russian generals to be killed in Ukraine in just over two
months of fighting, according to a report Thursday by The New York Times
holding the rank can be in charge of tens of thousands of men.Other Russian losses include Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, whose death was
potential to cause disruption to management of the fighting, according to analysts.The consequences for the Kremlin could be even more
serious as Russia appears to be struggling to make any serious advances in eastern Ukraine following an apparently bungled attempt to seize
commanders needing to be readied for the front lines, establish relations with subordinates and understand the details of the military
death toll is that Russian officers are obliged to make more frequent trips to the frontlines than their Western counterparts, according to
or associates of [Defense Minister Sergei] Shoigu and [army chief Valery] Gerasimov, to a degree in which generals in Western armies are
the third-highest ranking officer in the Russian military, came close to being killed in a Ukrainian attack during just such a fact-finding
generals to conduct such strikes has allegedly been aided by Western intelligence fed to Ukrainian forces, The New York Times reported
die alone, according to Luzhin, and the collateral damage from attacks on command points are also often serious
that seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014
