Putin fires ‘Butcher of Mariupol’ Gen Mikhail Mizintsev from top war post
As per reports, Russia has fired Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, aka 'the Butcher of Mariupol.' He has reportedly been axed from his high-ranking post as part of President Vladimir Putin’s military shakeup. He has garnered a reputation for his 'ruthless brutality' amid war and associated with the devastation of Ukraine's port city of Mariupol, which has now been claimed by Moscow.