Senior officers were forced closer to the front line due to low morale among russian troops, bbc.com reported.
According to the BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, the deaths could be a result of generals having to get close to the front line to help their troops from getting stuck.
The generals’ deaths can also be a “highly successful sniper campaign,” a retired British Army officer suggested.
russian general Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev is the highest ranked officer to be eliminated so far.
