 Russian war blogger dies by suicide after saying 16,000 Russian troops lost in Avdivka. According to several Russian pro-war telegram channels, Russian war blogger Andrey Morozov has died by suicide in occupied Ukraine according to Medusa. Shortly before his death, Morozov published a post saying that the Russian armies suffered significant losses in the battle for Avdivka in eastern Ukraine. Lawyer Maxim Pashkov, who said he spoke to Morozov on February the 20th, reported that the military blogger shot himself. According to Pashkov, there was no sign during their conversation that Morozov was considering taking his life. On February the 20th, Morozov published a series of posts on his channel in which he said that he was going to shoot himself and asked his readers not to be sad about his death. He asked to be buried in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic. Morozov wrote that his superiors forced him to delete a post from his channel. According to BBC Russian, this likely refers to a post in which Morozov said that the Russian army lost 16,000 soldiers and 300 armoured vehicles during the battle for control of the village of Avdivka. The BBC noted that the post drew fierce criticism from Russian propagandists who accused the blogger of slandering the Russian defence ministry. According to Morozov's final messages, the order from his superiors was issued under pressure from the political prostitutes led by propagandist Vladimir Solovyov. Morozov also published his will along with a statement addressed to Russia's chief military prosecutor about the severe shortage of weapons, manpower and medical care at the front.