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Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Igbofam: 10:24am On May 09, 2022 |
A 'hero' Russian world champion in an international tank warfare competition was killed when he was sent by Vladimir Putin into a real battle in Ukraine. Bato Basanov, 25, from Buryatia, was in a record-breaking tank biathlon team that performed last year in war games in front of defence minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the army general staff Valery Gerasimov. But his conflict ended in death when his tank was hit in Ukraine. He is the latest of dozens of men from his impoverished region some 3,500 miles east of Moscow to be killed in Putin's war. As two bereft mothers in grief-stricken Buryatia spoke about collecting the bodies of their sons, one reportedly said to the other: 'You're lucky because your son's body arrived intact. Mine came back as a head and two hands.' Basanov, a corporal, had been hailed last year for 'glorifying Russia by becoming a world champion in tank biathlon as part of his team'. Uniquely, he shot without missing a single target at speeds of up to 50mph at the Alabino training ground in Moscow region. Yet as a report from Volya Media said: 'The death of Bato Basanov is grim confirmation that tank biathlon and real war are completely different things.' Russian commanders Shoigu and Gerasimov saw regular tank biathlon competitions as key military prestige events, yet the huge death toll of Russian forces shows they were not ready for real war. Basanov — whose Russian T-72B3 team beat soldiers from 19 countries in combat games including China — was shown being presented to Gerasimov, now in charge of Putin's flailing war effort. Yet an anonymous Russian military expert has blamed Putin's government for botched modernisation of tanks, leaving them worse in optics and targeting technology than Ukraine's older tanks which were upgraded with Western equipment. 'Combat training in [Russian] tank units is disgusting,' he added. The 'shortcomings' have led to Russia's dismal performance in the war, he said. Basanov was a gunner of the first company of the tank battalion of the 37th separate guards motorised rifle brigade of the Russian Air Defence Forces. The body of the 'hero' took seven weeks to be retrieved and returned to his family for a funeral on Friday His friends and family said in a joint statement: 'Bato was an open, responsive, very sociable man, a faithful comrade and friend, who was always ready to come to the rescue. 'Cheerful, smiling and sincere, Bato has always been the pride of our family, a kind, honest, much-loved son.' Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has suffered the loss of his 38th colonel in the war in Ukraine as the Russian top brass toll worsens. Lieutenant Colonel Fyodor Evgenievich Solovyov, 44, died in the Donbas, according to reports in his homeland. His death was revealed as the Russian armed forces today rehearsed in Moscow for Monday’s vast military parade on Red Square marking the end of the Second World War. Solovyov was commander of the howitzer self-propelled artillery regiment of the 127 motorised rifle division. He was buried with full military honours and a triple volley of guns in Chunaki village, Penza region. A Russian report said: “He died as a hero on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic.” Details were not given as to how he was killed but he was posthumously awarded Russia’s Order of Courage. Nine generals and 38 colonels have been killed since 24 February in Putin’s war according to known statistics, although Russia has not come clean on total fatalities. Reports have claimed that the US has offered intelligence to Ukraine to help target high ranking commanders, destroying morale in Russian forces. Solovyov’s death was disclosed four days after the 37th known colonel to die in Ukraine - Lt-Col Eduard Dmitriev - was reported to have been killed. Dmitriev, 44, a tank commander, was buried in his native Kirov region. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10792055/amp/Russian-tank-ace-25-crowned-world-champion-war-games-killed-Putin-sends-real-war.html 3 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Igbofam: 10:24am On May 09, 2022 |
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Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Igbofam: 10:25am On May 09, 2022 |
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Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Nobody: 10:30am On May 09, 2022 |
rot in ..... next 8 Likes |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Nobody: 10:32am On May 09, 2022 |
Unfortunately, Reality is different from Game life. 81 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by FIRDAUS3(m): 10:33am On May 09, 2022 |
And so...... |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Mirabella01: 10:36am On May 09, 2022 |
Another wasted life 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by franchasofficia: 10:37am On May 09, 2022 |
Good for Putin 9 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by soberdrunk(m): 10:43am On May 09, 2022 |
To think Mankind with all our claims of advancement and superiority, we haven't still found a way to resolve issues that doesn't involve unnecessary death is just very saddening...... 99 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Rastaramsey(m): 10:59am On May 09, 2022 |
Good news You kill me, I kill you... Russia will never go unpunished... 13 Likes |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Danibonk(m): 11:43am On May 09, 2022 |
Anti tank misile no be him papa mate 13 Likes |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by kingthreat(m): 11:54am On May 09, 2022 |
25 year old soldier who is not a general died and you are here masturbating vigorously over it. If Russia is to publicize the Ukrainians dying and surrendering, you will definitely quit Nairaland. 18 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Igbofam: 12:05pm On May 09, 2022 |
kingthreat: Help them publicize it as their PRO. Bato Basanov was not an ordinary 25yr old he was the world tank war games champion. He beat other contestants from 198 countries...but unfortunately he couldn't beat Ukraine 84 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Kewtt: 12:49pm On May 09, 2022 |
In fact Putin was killed in Ukraine. Can these propaganda media let us rest! The way Russophobic news are over magnified here is something else 13 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Igbofam: 12:59pm On May 09, 2022 |
Kewtt: Dem kill am abi Dem no kill am? No be only Propaganda Database of Russian dead soldiers confirms his elimination See below 24 Likes
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Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by kingthreat(m): 1:51pm On May 09, 2022 |
Igbofam: On the bolded, I have a fulltime job. Just come here to past time when work gets to hectic. The was is killing both Russians and Ukrainians. Just like the Iraq war killed both Americans and Iraqis. Wondering why the death of a corporal is of so much joy to you. 8 Likes |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Igbofam: 2:03pm On May 09, 2022 |
kingthreat: Fixed! 6 Likes |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by PARADIZEPRIEST: 3:18pm On May 09, 2022 |
CHINESES RUSSIAN 8 Likes |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Teazer4(m): 6:50pm On May 09, 2022 |
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Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by mainkendo: 6:50pm On May 09, 2022 |
Look more Korean than Russian 4 Likes |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by FERNANDEZISBACK: 6:50pm On May 09, 2022 |
Rastaramsey:Thanks for the love for Ukraine.. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by OgunleyeA1: 6:52pm On May 09, 2022 |
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Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by KarlWhyte(m): 6:52pm On May 09, 2022 |
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Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by DoggoneDogg: 6:53pm On May 09, 2022 |
He looks Korean. Can't wait for next week when he is exposed to be a Korean singer chilling in Malaysia. 1 Like |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by hashtagged(m): 6:53pm On May 09, 2022 |
Chinko Russian. Anything China doesn't last |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Nobody: 6:53pm On May 09, 2022 |
Putin, you are being peppered very well. To hell with you, your army and any one supporting you on Nairaland. |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Premiumwriter2: 6:53pm On May 09, 2022 |
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Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by olas24u(f): 6:54pm On May 09, 2022 |
Fake news 1 Like |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Yankee101: 6:54pm On May 09, 2022 |
Real life and computer simulations vary 2 Likes |
Re: Bato Basanov Killed By Ukrainian Forces by Rastamania: 6:54pm On May 09, 2022 |
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