Posted on 12/17/2022 12:52:26 PM PST by marcusmaximus
President Vladimir Putin has sought proposals from his armed forces commanders on how they think Russia's military campaign in Ukraine should proceed, during a visit to the operation's headquarters, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
A series of defeats in 10 months of fighting, resulting in Russian withdrawals from areas around the capital Kyiv and Ukraine's second city Kharkiv and most recently from the city of Kherson, have forced Putin to call up reservists and generated rare public criticism from military bloggers and some allies.
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In video footage released by the Kremlin on Saturday, Putin presided at a meeting of around a dozen people at a circular table, flanked by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov - both of whom have been heavily criticised by hawkish commentators.
Putin was then shown at the head of another conference table at the joint task force headquarters, inviting suggestions from a row of military commanders.
"We will listen to the commanders in each operational direction, and I would like to hear your proposals on our immediate and medium-term actions," Putin said.
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Putin spent the whole of Friday at the task force headquarters, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax news agency.
No other details of Putin's visit or the location of the headquarters were reported.
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So much winning in this meeting!
Putin 10 months into his botched invasion: “Hey guys, any of you have any ideas how to win my war?
In your dreams .
How about “pull out and pay reparations”.
Video of Putin’s “brainstorming meeting” 10 months into his botched invasion:
Yesterday, when missiles shelling Ukraine, the bunker coward, along with the head of the Ministry of Murder Shoigu, chief of the General Staff Gerasimov, sat at the headquarters and pretended that everything is going according to plan.
Why the faces are so sad? What happened?
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1604133094692311040
The plain facts are that Putin got a swollen ego that he is a Tsar of old. Russian - Europeans relations and business was humming along nicely until this jamoke invaded Ukraine.
Vlad is bad for business. Vlad will be taken out soon, within months.
Ukraine should be marching on Moscow soon.
May it be so!
You get it! Vlad is bad for business. The Russian hydrocarbons business, that was selling to German Industry and Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_DyC0_K1xI
You think way too much outside reality.
Facts are pointing to :
Ukraine 1991-2023 RIP , the sooner the better.
Spinal Tap would be envious of Vlad’s suit.
Something new burning in the Black Sea yesterday. Wha happen?
You can report every battle as you want but the fact is he's created a buffer zone land-bridge and I don't see that going away. What bounderies he will ultimate settle on has yet to be decided but I expect possible anything this side of the river.
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