After criticism of Ukraine losses: Russian military blogger dead – he hinted at conspiracy. Former soldier and independent military blogger Andrei Morozov is said to have died on Wednesday (February 21) He had spread information about heavy Russian losses in the fighting for the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka and apparently refused to remove it from public view.
The background is the growing pressure on voices critical of the Kremlin in Russia. Officials have been increasingly targeting radical milibloggers for some time.