Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
A cargo vessel drawing the attention of European security services, the HAV Dolphin (IMO 9073854), sailing under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, is expected to arrive in the Finnish port city of Vaasa on Thursday morning. German and Dutch authorities suspect the ship may have served as a platform for Russian reconnaissance drones, Finland's Yle reported.
Officials were alerted by the HAV Dolphin's unusual movements. According to The Insider, the ship left Kaliningrad on April 23, headed to Liepaja, Latvia, approached the German port of Kiel on May 1 and anchored there for eight days. It then transited the Kiel Canal into the North Sea, sailed through the English Channel toward Spain, and later returned along the same route.
Such an extended anchorage is unusual for a commercial cargo vessel. During that period, media reported multiple drone sightings near the German Navy's submarine base in Eckernförde. German police boarded the HAV Dolphin, and later Dutch police, the national gendarmerie and customs in Rotterdam also carried out checks but found no suspicious materials. The crew was Russian.
Investigators nevertheless noted that the vessel approached Kiel unusually slowly - behavior they say could point to reconnaissance activity - and anchored in an atypical location. Drones, they added, could be quickly jettisoned overboard.
It seems that the OCD diagnosis is correct.
Since the early days of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has depended on volunteers to source many items of basic kit — from uniforms and warm socks to thermal imagers and drones. In recent months, however, even the most driven among those collecting aid for “participants in the special military operation” increasingly speak of disappointment and fatigue. The Russian population is weary of the war, and many are pinning their hopes on a quick truce. In Russia's border regions, the Russian troops are seen as no less of a threat than the Ukrainians, since they place military facilities in residential areas. The Insider spoke with volunteers who, since 2022, have been buying equipment, gear, and other aid for the army.
Back in February 2022, everyone was telling their relatives: “It'll all be over in a week.” And now those same parents tell their children: “If you see our soldiers, cross to the other side of the street.”
An entire ravine was heaped with bottles -– all empty, drained of beer, moonshine, vodka. The smell was like stepping into a giant beer barrel. At the checkpoint stood a soldier. I asked him: “What's going on here?” He replied: “They bring it! Wives bring it to their husbands, mothers to their sons, and when the men come back from leave, they bring alcohol themselves.” Then he added: “This isn't a pile from several days — those were emptied in just a single day.” It was appalling. He said: “We don't know what to do about it.” And the soldiers themselves admit that the heaviest drinking is done among the mobilized and the volunteers. To punish soldiers for drinking, commanders throw them into a pit for a few days. But they still manage to get alcohol and everything else. No one knows how to deal with it. On the one hand, it's clear they just can't take it anymore. On the other, it's what destroys them. They suffocate in their dugouts because they forget to open a vent. They burn alive. All sorts of things happen. A drunk man feels invincible: he steps outside and gets shot. At the front, he endangers himself and others. And when they come to the rear, they completely let themselves go.
On Sunday, a Russian Il-20 surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft approached U.S. airspace. These “visits” have increased following the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Anchorage.
Fighters from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) intercepted a Russian aircraft in Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) for the third time in the past week, ABC reported. According to NORAD, one E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft, two F-16 fighters and two KC-135 Stratotanker refueling planes were dispatched “to intercept and visually identify” a Russian Il-20 surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft operating inside the Alaska ADIZ.The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign air space, NORAD said.
Over the past week, U.S. F-16 fighters scrambled twice (on August 21 and 20) to intercept Russian Il-20 aircraft operating in the Alaska ADIZ. “NORAD employs a layered defense network consisting of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars, and fighter aircraft to detect and track aircraft, and to inform appropriate actions,” the command said in its Sunday statement. U.S. officials said NORAD “remains ready to employ a range of response options to defend North America.”
US President Donald Trump announced a new deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine no later than August 9. Trump stated on July 28 that he is “very disappointed” with Putin and will “reduce” his previously articulated 50-day deadline by which Putin must agree to peace negotiations.[1] Trump stated that he will make a new deadline of roughly “10 to 12 days from today [July 28]” as Putin’s ongoing disinterest in peace negotiations leaves “no reason” for the United States to delay its response.[2] Trump insinuated that he will more formally announce the new deadline on the evening of July 28 or on July 29. Trump’s new deadline would expire between August 7 and 9. Trump previously stated on July 14 that Putin had 50 days (September 2) to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine or face “severe” 100 percent secondary tariffs on its trade partners.[3]
Kremlin officials continue to frame Russia as in direct geopolitical confrontation with the West in order to generate domestic support for the war in Ukraine and future Russian aggression against NATO. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed at a Russian youth forum on July 28 that “Russia is fighting alone against the entire West... for the first time in history” and that Russia “must rely on [itself].”[4] Lavrov claimed that Russia has “no allies on the battlefield,” unlike during the first and second World Wars. Lavrov’s claim that Russia is operating alone in its war in Ukraine ignores the current support that Russia receives from North Korea, Iran, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). North Korea has sent ballistic missiles, artillery shells, and North Korean troops to support Russia’s war effort against Ukraine, and there are economic and political signs of a growing rapprochement between Russia and North Korea.[5] Iranian Shahed drones have played a key role in Russia‘s air campaigns against Ukrainian cities throughout the war, and Iran’s assistance has allowed Russia to become self-sufficient in producing the Shahed-variants that Russian forces are increasingly leveraging in frontline strikes.[6] Russia largely depends on the PRC for support in Russia’s ongoing sanctions evasion schemes, and Chinese companies provide critical dual-use components and microelectronics for Russian military technology.[7] Strengthening relationships between Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the PRC constitute a growing threat to Western security, and Russia is actively pursuing a global anti-Western alliance. Lavrov’s statements also underscore the Kremlin’s efforts to install an informal state ideology that perpetuates the idea that the West is in an existential conflict with Russia in order to foster unquestioning support of the Russian government.[8]
Lavrov additionally claimed that Russia had “no alternative” to launching its war in Ukraine as Russia needed to protect Russian-language speakers in Ukraine, a routine narrative that Russian officials use to justify Russian aggression against Ukraine.[9] Lavrov claimed that Russia must insist on its “legitimate” demand: “no drawing Ukraine into NATO, no expansion of NATO at all,” and recognition of Russia’s illegal annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts and Crimea. Lavrov’s statements reinforce the Kremlin’s commitment to its war goals in Ukraine to the Russian public, and specifically Russian youth. The Kremlin has devoted a significant amount of time and energy to generating domestic support for the war, and Russian state and independent polling suggest that most Russians support continuing the war in Ukraine until Russia achieves its war aims of Ukrainian “denazification,” demilitarization, and neutrality.[10] Russian society’s commitment to achieving Russia’s war aims, which the Kremlin has worked hard to foster, will make it much harder for Russian President Vladimir Putin to present any peace agreement that falls far short of his stated aims as a victory to his domestic audience. Putin is unlikely to make any concessions in his war aims unless he is forced to do so by significant Ukrainian battlefield victories, as any negotiated end to the war that does not achieve all of Putin’s objectives would call into question the success, and, potentially, wisdom of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-28-2025
Aeroflot CEO Sergei Aleksandrovsky has not changed the password in the corporate system since 2022, that is, since his appointment to his post, claim hackers from the Cyberpartisans BY group, involved in hacking and destroying the carrier’s IT infrastructure. In addition, as it turned out, the airline’s network uses Windows XP and 2003 operating systems, which led to the compromise of the entire infrastructure.
Hackers claim that they destroyed more than 7 thousand servers and workstations in the offices of Sheremetyevo, Melkisarovo and the corresponding data centers. The databases and information systems of CREW, Sabre, Sharepoint, Exchange, KASUD, Sirax, Sophie, CRM, ERP, 1C, security systems and other elements of the Aeroflot corporate network structure were destroyed. Databases, employee wiretaps, mail and much more were downloaded. Leaks are announced. An array of flight history databases has also been downloaded, which can now be used upon request for independent investigations.
Roskomnadzor announced by the evening of July 28 that it did not confirm reports of compromise of personal data of Aeroflot clients or employees. At the same time, based on the materials of the Prosecutor General’s Office’s investigation, a criminal case was opened under Part 4 of Article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (unauthorized access to computer information). The supervisory agency acknowledged the delay and cancellation of flights to Sheremetyevo due to a “failure in the operation of the Aeroflot information system.” The airline itself claims that it is carrying out operational activities despite the failure.
According to data as of the evening of July 28, there were more than 60 paired flights (round trip), including seven on July 29. The remaining 206 flights out of the 260 planned for today are planned for operation. Priority in Aeroflot’s schedule is given to flights to the Far East, Kaliningrad, Sochi, Mineralnye Vody and abroad, including on wide-body aircraft, the Ministry of Transport announced.
https://t.me/rucriminalinfo/3645
A source of the VChK-OGPU reported panic in the ranks of the FSB’s Department “T” in connection with the hacker attack on Aeroflot. The special service employees who supervise transport infrastructure once again found themselves on the front line and were unable to ensure the security of yet another strategic facility. This is not being discussed publicly, but behind the scenes there is talk that this area will once again be subject to a purge, as happened after the blowing up of the Crimean Bridge. Then the deputy minister (an attached employee of the FSB’s Department of Transport) Alexander Sukhanov, the management of the department and many others lost their “cushy” seats.
According to the source, the security of the country’s main airline is the responsibility of the supervising department (Department 5, located at Aeroflot’s “home” airport, Sheremetyevo) and the indecently inflated staff of the apparatus of attached FSB employees. For a long time, generals retired there (you don’t have to go far, at the time of the blowing up of the Crimean Bridge, UT was headed by Gavrilov, a former member of the airline’s board of directors), who had long since lost touch with operational realities, as well as employees who provided security only nominally in reports and certificates, by pull. In fact, individual FSB employees are assigned to change passwords (this vulnerability was noticed by hackers who took responsibility for the Aeroflot attack), information hygiene, updates and the operation of antiviruses, who must keep special logs and monitor the internal infrastructure. But, according to the source, the attitude of the management towards the service is the same for their subordinates.
“Patriarch Kirill has been instructed to organize and conduct religious processions near a number of oil refineries”
Last rites, and funeral in advance.
Funerals are logistically difficult once the refinery is already burning and exploding.
“600,000 new Han Chinese “students” imported by 47”
What did President Trump get in return, for the United States?
Previously, Chinese students came with no reciprocation of any kind. Now they are a trading chip in negotiations.
Chinese students provide our Intelligence services opportunities, as well as the other way around. They are among the cream of the crop for human capital among a billion people. Many would like to flee from life under CCP dictatorship.
What he said was that the first guys who were captured — they were from intelligence — had their eyes gouged out, their lips cut off, their male organs cut off, ears, nose. He is already thinking about returning to the front. But most of all, the man dreams of seeing his 4-year-old daughter now.
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lxc4ord7as26
“Ukraine’s ongoing drone campaign targeting Russian refineries has destroyed 13-17% of Russia’s fuel production capacity”
As reported by oil industry analysts, and confirmed by the shortages and export restrictions in Russia, Russia does not have significant idle spare capacity to fall back on. They are running at the edge of their capability.
Conditions are set for a Strategic Campaign against Russia’s Center of Gravity. Non-Russian oil production has ramped up well over 2 million bpd since the Spring, and millions of bpd of spare capacity remain available to replace Russian supplies in the market. New longer range weapons like ERAM and Flamingo missiles are reported to be approaching operation in coming weeks, just as freezing temperatures will be descending on Russia’s oil infrastructure, to magnify secondary destruction.
The clock is ticking for Putin’s war, and Russia’s economy.
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1960396970041995741
The USAF would consider this to be BAI (Battlefield Air Interdiction).
What did President Trump get in return, for the United States?
—
He claimed the money would save 15% of US academic institutions which otherwise would fail.
And that’s all folks.
Just selling off the US bit by bit.
Oh liking to flee means death or worse for their families ... only CCP approved “students” would make the cut. Them working for the US gov is a lark, which family member would they willing to sacrifice?
Only heavily vetted “students” come to the US. They are not just random kids, but children of the elite whose families are either prominent Party members or are well connected to same.
Just future colonizers is what we get, plus lots of CCP money. Art of the deal etc.
Tomorrow (27 August) is the day that additional 25% tariffs go into effect on Indian exports to the USA, to discourage their purchase of Russian blood oil. The United States today (26 Aug) issued a formal “notice of implementation” to New Delhi. Goods currently in shipment have three weeks to arrive, before tariffs begin being collected (standard practice).
Indian purchases of Russian oil have declined. Despite having resumed after an initial (week-long) pause after the punitive tariff announcement, they are at a lower rate. Russia has also had to increase the discount offered by several dollars per barrel, resulting in a significant reduction in revenue from both price and volume.
Looks like India is getting some last minute tankerloads in before they hit the hard payment deadline, but being careful about it, to not poison their eventual deal, which likely needs to be concluded in coming weeks, to prevent a train crash in their exports. They also likely need time to re-direct that massive flow of ships, oil and money.
It is going to take weeks for alternate suppliers to arrange for tankers to sail to load cargoes for India, and weeks more for them to deliver. President Trump may be doing them a big favor by imposing the incentives in time to get them out of the line of fire and safely transitioned to new suppliers, before Russian oil infrastructure gets hit so hard that they can’t deliver.
Indian oil imports from Russia had already declined about 15% since they peaked in April 2025 (around 2.15 MBPD) - the same time that OPEC+ began increasing their production quotas after President Trump’s big deal with the Saudis, Emiratis and Qataris. It seems likely that Indian officials were also informed in advance that this major transition was coming, so they would not be caught flat-footed. Indeed, American officials have been introducing Indian officials to alternative suppliers (like Guyana) over the last several months.
Conditions continue to be set, for a Grand, Strategic, crushing of Russia’s oil revenue. That is likely what it will take to stop Putin’s aggression.
Kyiv Independent (26 Aug):
“Indian refineries are preparing to modestly reduce Russian crude purchases in the coming weeks amid mounting U.S. trade pressure, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 26...
...State-owned and private processors, including energy giant Reliance Industries, plan to trim daily purchases (further) to 1.4-1.6 million barrels from the current 1.8 million barrels, Bloomberg wrote, citing undisclosed industry sources...
...India intends to scale back Russian oil shipments ahead of doubled U.S. tariffs on Indian imports reaching 50%, set to take effect Aug. 27. These tariff measures could prove temporary, as reaching a trade deal between the U.S. and India might ease pressure and restore previous duty rates, sources told Bloomberg.
The Trump administration has publicly criticized New Delhi for the dramatic surge in Russian purchases since 2022.
U.S. officials have targeted India’s refining sector, accusing the country of bankrolling Russian aggression through oil deals.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on India starting Aug. 1, prompting Indian state refineries to quickly halt Russian oil purchases. On Aug. 6, Trump signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% duty on Indian goods, effective Aug. 27, if the country continues buying Moscow’s oil.
This forced Indian refineries to seek alternative supply sources with the U.S., Brazil, and Middle Eastern producers, fearing further U.S. measures before Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
India’s state refiners reportedly resumed Russian oil purchases immediately after the summit.”
“liking to flee means death or worse for their families ... only CCP approved “students” would make the cut. Them working for the US gov is a lark, which family member would they willing to sacrifice?”
Boatloads of Chinese students graduate in the USA each year, and are hired by US tech firms under H1-b visas, and other visa categories, such as O1-A (Aliens with Extraordinary Ability). Many of the Chinese who come to study, are doing so as a way to get out of China for good.
Gott mir uns Russian mir😎
The United States is reportedly willing to supply supporting assets to a European-led force grouping as part of postwar security guarantees for Ukraine. The Kremlin has repeatedly rejected the presence of troops from NATO countries as part of any security guarantee for Ukraine in recent weeks. The Financial Times (FT) reported on August 26 that official Ukrainian and European sources stated that senior US officials told European officials recently that the United States would be prepared to contribute “strategic enablers,” such as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); command and control (C2); and air defense assets, to support a future European-led deployment on the ground in postwar Ukraine as part of security guarantees for Ukraine.[1] European officials reportedly stated that European states can only deploy troops to Ukraine with US support that enables, oversees, and protects the European ground troops. FT reported that officials stated that US postwar support would include US aircraft, logistics, and ground-based radar that would support and enable a European-enforced no-fly zone and air shield for Ukraine. The official sources commented that such US support is contingent on European states’ commitment to deploy “tens of thousands” of troops to Ukraine. Three of the officials reportedly stated that Ukrainian troops would defend behind a demilitarized zone that neutral peacekeeping troops would patrol. NATO states would reportedly arm and train these Ukrainian forces. A European-led “deterrence force” would reportedly operate deeper in Ukraine as a “third line of defense,” and US assets would operate further in the rear.
High-ranking Kremlin officials have repeatedly rejected Western security guarantees for Ukraine and specifically the presence of troops from NATO countries as part of such guarantees, however. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov recently stated in an interview with NBC that Western states, including the United States, should not be allowed to be responsible for Ukraine's post-war security.[2] Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Spokesperson Maria Zakharova similarly said on August 18 that Russia “categorical[ly] reject[s]” “any scenario that envisages the appearance in Ukraine of a military contingent with the participation of NATO countries.”[3] The Kremlin would likely reject a US and European security guarantee proposal like the one US and European officials are reportedly discussing.
The United States will impose an additional 25 percent tariff on India's exports to the United States due to India's ongoing purchases of Russian oil. Reuters reported on August 26 that the US Department of Homeland Security confirmed that the US will impose an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian exports to the United States starting August 27, increasing total tariffs to 50 percent.[4] India is one of the largest importers of Russian oil, and India currently imports roughly 37 percent of its oil from Russia — up from approximately two percent before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.[5] Bloomberg reported on August 26 that India's oil refiners are planning to cut back their purchases of Russian crude oil in response to the increased US tariffs, but have signaled no plans to completely end purchases from Russia.[6] Familiar sources told Bloomberg that both India's state-run and private processors will likely decrease purchases to between 1.4 to 1.6 million barrels per day, down from a monthly average of 1.8 million barrels per day throughout 2025 thus far. Reductions in Indian refiners’ purchases of Russian oil over a sustained period of time will likely place significant restraints on Russia's ability to fund its war machine. ISW continues to assess that secondary sanctions will likely further impact the Russian economy by undercutting Russian oil revenues that are essential for the Kremlin's financing of its war against Ukraine.[7]
Recent Ukrainian strikes on Russia's oil refineries have contributed to gasoline shortages across Russia that will likely raise inflation and cause further macroeconomic instability in Russia. Reuters reported on August 25 that recent Ukrainian strikes on 10 oil refineries in Russia disrupted at least 17 percent of Russia's refining capabilities, or roughly 1.1 million barrels per day, and caused A-95 (premium) gasoline shortages in some areas of occupied Ukraine, southern Russia, and Russia's Far East.[8] Reuters reported on August 26 that Russia increased its crude export plan by 200,000 barrels per day in August, as Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted refinery operations and left crude oil available for Russia to export.[9] This revision in crude export plans could increase Russian oil revenue in the short term but is likely adversely affecting the domestic economy. The Wall Street Journal reported on August 25 that several regions of Russia and occupied Crimea have implemented rationing at gas stations as a result of damage from Ukrainian drone strikes to Russian oil refineries.[10] Kurilsky Municipal Okrug Head Konstantin Istomin similarly reported on August 25 that Russian authorities suspended the sale of A-92 gasoline to Russian residents in the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast.[11] Russia struggled to keep up with domestic demand for gasoline even before recent Ukrainian strikes and has placed intermittent bans on the export of gasoline since 2022, most recently banning exports at the end of July through August.[12] Recent Ukrainian strikes have exacerbated gasoline shortages and caused a spike in gasoline prices across Russia and occupied Ukraine, which will likely result in increased consumer costs and increased business expenses across industries. This increase would drive inflation expectations and also push overall inflation upwards by increasing both direct and indirect costs throughout the economy. Russia's Central Bank lowered interest rates on July 25, 2025, likely as a premature response to a temporary decrease in the seasonally adjusted annual rate of inflation in June 2025.[13] Increased gasoline prices and a lowered interest rate, coupled with long-term increased payments to sustain military recruitment and augment the defense industrial base's (DIB) labor force, however, will likely cause inflation to spike, weaken consumer purchasing power, devalue the ruble in the medium- to long-term, and create further macroeconomic instability in Russia.[14]
The Russian government proposed that Russian President Vladimir Putin withdraw from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Russian Cabinet of Ministers proposed on August 25 that Putin submit a decree to the Russian State Duma to withdraw from the convention.[15] Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the proposal.[16] State Duma Security Committee Deputy Chairperson Andrei Lugovoi claimed that Russia's withdrawal would be a formality since Russia already withdrew from the Council of Europe after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.[17] Lugovoi claimed that the European Convention on Human Rights employs double standards against Russia. Russian lawyers and officials justified the proposed withdrawal in Russian outlets by emphasizing that Russian legislation already prohibits torture and that the Convention for the Prevention of Torture is part of a series of Council of Europe human rights treaties from which Russia has withdrawn since February 2022.[18] The proposed withdrawal would be in line with recent Russian measures likely aimed at worsening Russian abuses of Ukrainian prisoners in Russia and occupied Ukraine, including Putin's July 23 decree authorizing the creation of autonomous Federal Security Service (FSB) pre-trial detention facilities.[19] ISW has observed numerous independent investigations from early 2025 detailing a systematic increase in Russia's torture of Ukrainians held in Russian detention.[20]
Russian residents in border areas are increasingly apathetic toward the war and accepting that Russia will not agree to an end to the war in the near future. Russian opposition outlet Insider reported on August 25 that Russian civilians living in border areas are decreasingly donating toward and volunteering for the war effort.[21] Insider interviewed residents in Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod oblasts who reported that they do not think that Russia will accept a ceasefire in the near future and anticipate that the war will continue. Interviewees stated that civilians near the border were initially invested in and donated to the war effort but that there is no longer any motivation to help the military. An interviewee from Belgorod Oblast claimed that border residents increasingly view Russian soldiers as threats due to the high risk of Ukrainian drone strikes against Russian soldiers and instances in which Russian forces have damaged civilian infrastructure and stolen from local residents. An interviewee from Kursk Oblast stated that people are tired of the war, want to return to a normal life, and do not want to fundraise for the war effort because the war has no apparent end. An interviewee from Bryansk Oblast stated that Moscow's war aims are constantly changing, suggesting that Putin's attempts to target US audiences with claims about his willingness to negotiate are clashing with posturing to Russian audiences that Russia remains committed to achieving its war goals. Putin's attempts to play to both information spaces may be confusing Russian audiences. Russian state and independent polling from early 2025 indicated that most Russians support continuing the war in Ukraine, suggesting that populations in the areas bordering Ukraine who feel the war most firsthand are less supportive of the war effort than those in areas further from the fighting.[22]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-26-2025
Putin dealt a “serious blow” to Gerasimov
The President instructed General Andrei Mordvichev to assess and calculate the resources that are needed for the speedy (no later than the middle of next year) complete liberation of the DPR. This caused shock in Valery Gerasimov’s entourage. “Such issues should be resolved not by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, but by the Chief of the General Staff. But Mordvichev, with the help of intrigues, achieved that Vladimir Vladimirovich brought him closer to himself. Never mind, this situation will not last long. Although now Valery Vasilyevich, of course, has received a strong blow. But he was not so worried,” said a source in Gerasimov’s entourage.
In turn, a source in the Ministry of Defense confirmed our insider. According to him, Putin is considering the resignation of Gerasimov due to the lack of great success at the front. And Mordvichev is now the main candidate for the post of head of the General Staff. “And how else to check the military leader, is he ready to take such a post? Set him an important task for the entire NWO,” the channel's source is sure.
However, the Kremlin refused to comment on the issue of Gerasimov’s resignation. “Vladimir Vladimirovich now has to make a number of difficult decisions. Whether to announce mobilization, which section of the NWO zone to pay the most attention to, how to distribute forces and resources. The President greatly appreciates the experience of General Mordvichev. Therefore, I gave him a responsible assignment. Do not look for a double bottom where there is none,” said the source in the Presidential Administration.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6099
Remember who took over military planning at the end of World War II?
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