VLADIMIR Putin’s infamous “Torture General” has been killed by Ukrainian forces after heading up a grim prison camp.

Major-General Pavel Klimenko, 47, was riding a motorbike in the war zone when he was hit by a kamikaze drone near the town of Krasnohorivka.

The wounded commander was taken to a local hospital in occupied Donetsk and later died from head injuries, according to reports.

He had been inspecting military checkpoints and observation points when he and his group came under attack.

Klimenko ran a Donetsk brigade and formed a vile torture camp where anti-war Russians were beaten and starved.

Other victims were held in his unofficial jail and forced to hand over their army salaries and compensation for war wounds to him and his fellow commanders.

He also forced mobilised troops to join “meat assaults” – high casualty attacks against Ukraine where Russian men served as cannon fodder.

Klimenko claimed “tens of thousands” of torture victims over the years.

He was promoted to the rank of Major-General in Putin’s army six months ago – marking another humiliating blow for Vlad with the latest general loss.

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