"Russian War Reporter's Mysterious Death After Exposing Avdiivka Losses"

Russian military blogger Andrei Morozov, known as "Murz," died by suicide shortly after revealing the scale of Moscow's troop losses in the fight for Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine. He claimed Russia lost 16,000 troops and 300 armored vehicles in the battle, and suggested Kremlin pressure led him to delete the post. His death adds to a series of mysterious deaths of prominent Russians since Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Avdiivka, which fell to Russian forces in February, marked Moscow's biggest victory in months, despite conflicting reports on casualties.