Russian commander dies after being run over by tank under collapsed subordinates

The Russian army has invaded Ukraine for a long time, with heavy losses and low morale. A video circulated on the Internet a few days ago. It is suspected that a Russian soldier drove a tank over his own commander to vent his anger. Now this news has been endorsed by Western officials and pointed out that the commander has died. The picture shows pro-Russian soldiers. (Reuters)

 [Comprehensive Report] The Russian army invaded Ukraine for a long time, with heavy losses and low morale. A video circulated on the Internet a few days ago. It is suspected that a Russian soldier drove a tank over his own commander to vent his anger. Now this news has been obtained by Western officials. endorsed, noting that the commander had died.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, a video of Russian Colonel Yuri Medvedev being carried to the hospital on a stretcher for treatment due to serious leg injuries has recently circulated on the Internet; Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbaliuk pointed out, Medvedev was run over by his own soldiers driving a tank. The reason was that more than half of the 1,500 soldiers in the tank battalion were injured or killed. He was angry and took this extreme way to protest.

A few days later, a Western official endorsed the news and stressed that the commander who was run over had been killed, showing that the morale of the Russian army had fallen to a certain extent, said Larisa Brown, the defense editor of The Times, and Sky News defense editor Deborah Haynes all co-quoted the official as saying.

Haynes detailed that the commander's exact name should be Yuri Medvechek, who is the commander of the tank battalion of the 37th Motorized Infantry Brigade.