Vladimir Putin has reportedly lost his 38th, 39th and 40th colonels in the Ukraine war, adding to Russia’s mounting losses in the conflict. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Blinov’s death was confirmed on Monday, when a photo emerged of his picture on a grave in Volgograd, south-western Russia.... Russian officials had previously denied that the colonel, who served in a motorised rifle unit, had been killed.... Earlier, it was reported that Lieutenant Colonel Fyodor Evgenievich Solovyov had become