He is kind of right. His Wagner group is the only Russian fighting force of decent quality. The rest does not care.
But he may be playing with fire. Attacking the deep state is always a risky proposition.
Putin is his only friend, attaching him makes Prigoshin pretty vulnerable.
Girkin, who rose to notoriety for his military role in the 2014 annexation of Crimea, revealed in a Telegram post on Sunday the top factor inhibiting Russian success in Ukraine.
The former Russian commander pointed to low morale among Putin's troops as making success "impossible" for the Russian leader.
"The majority of mobilized (and most of the cadre) servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation lack the motivation to sacrifice when conducting hostilities against the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the goals of the war are not only not explained by the authorities, but even not officially defined at all," Girkin wrote.
He explained Russia can deploy elite units for successful attacks "only in very narrow, limited areas," but a larger offensive would require numerical and technical superiority over Ukraine. Still, he said these conditions are "not a guarantee" when faced with "the most persistent and professional" Ukrainian troops.
Due to low morale, an offensive could only be "saved" by Ukrainian troops being in an even worse state, according to Girkin.
"Faced with persistent and skillful enemy resistance, such an offensive will inevitably die out due to the impossibility of the command to force its troops to go into battle with the necessary degree of military prowess," he wrote.
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-russian-commander-explains-why-putins-success-ukraine-impossible-1775576