 Ukrainian Army liquidated three Russian colonels from command of landing forces. Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anatoly Stepan released information that the Ukrainian Army liquidated three Russian colonels from the command of the Russian Army airborne troops. He wrote about this on the social network X. Stepan emphasized they have been successfully demobilized. Operational duty officer deputy head of the command center of the airborne forces command Colonel Vadim Dobriakov, Colonel Olexiy Kovlov, head of the department of the operational directorate of the airborne forces headquarters, operational duty officer, deputy head of the command center of the airborne forces command Colonel Alexander Galkin. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it has reportedly lost several top generals and commanders in the conflict. The British Defense Ministry said in May 2022 that senior Russian commanders were even being moved to the front line to take personal leadership of operations as its invasion stalled. In July of this year, Ukrainian media outlets reported that Russian armed forces lost 2,445 officers in the war in Ukraine. As a result of the war, 5 major generals, 62 colonels, 164 lieutenant colonels, 306 majors, 437 captains, 712 senior lieutenants, 430 lieutenants and 306 officers of other ranks of Russia were neutralized.