Posted on 01/11/2023 7:14:04 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Moscow has appointed Colonel-General Alexander Lapin as chief of staff of Russia’s ground forces, despite having been ousted as commander of the Russian Armed Forces' Central Military District in October, as Russian troops pursue a massive offensive in Donetsk, reports said Tuesday.
The appointment was met with criticism from Russia hawks as Russian President Vladimir Putin looks to turn the tide in the near-year long war in Ukraine, where it has made little advances since it began losing territory in September.
Lapin first received heavy backlash from top players in Putin’s war, including Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, after he lost the strategically important city of Lyman in October, when Ukrainian troops pushed east into Donetsk after taking Kharkiv in September.
Following the loss of the logistics hub, Kadyrov reportedly said, "If I had my way, I would demote Lapin to a private, deprive him of his awards and, with a machine gun in his hands, send him to the front line to wash away his shame with blood."
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“Kharkiv”
The Russian Federation wants to win a war, not fund whole cities not able to economically function on their own.
What's wrong with you?
Far better than falling out of a 40-story window.
You’re Putin just had an epic meltdown on video over the fact that Russia received zero contracts for domestic production of civil aviation aircraft in 2022. Zero. Pure comedy!
Article was handed to various media outlets by someone who tries to play this negatively, as dissension and drama….
but shows Putin is in charge of military decisionmaking, not Kadryov or Prigozhin
There is not a single attempt to analyze what Lapin brings to the table, that led to his reinstatement.
Presumably with the approval or acceptance of the real war commander- Surovikin…who seems to be doing just fine
Surovikin is in the doghouse for wasting $8 billion in cruise missiles on infrastructure attacks that were supposed to force Ukraine to give Putin what he wants. El floppo.
Stalemate is just fine?
The Russians were donating to it as well... and Biden and Xi had a falling out of sorts recently. (Schwab and Soros listed Xi as threat #1)
The WEF and Zelensky pay better than Putin and Xi, and the tinpot dictators now. Even Taiwan is now greasing the groove, as they know that’s the game.
“The Russian Federation wants to win a war...”
Well, they can want in one hand and crap in the other and see which fills up first.
They can still get that from China. But China is also about to be cut off.
“Yesterday we learned that Biden is connected to communist China...”
You just learned that yesterday? Guess you’re a little slow on the uptake.
Show us with evidence where this is true.
“but shows Putin is in charge of military decisionmaking, not Kadryov or Prigozhin”
If so, then it also shows Putin as indecisive, first demoting Lapin and then bringing him back and putting him back in command within a couple months. Not the best quality in your wartime leader.
Yesterday was the first evidence I've seen connecting communist China to more than $50 million in contributions to Biden's UPenn center. Feel free to show us additional proof or go away.
Breaking right now: Putin just demoted Surovikin and put Gerasimov back in charge of the Russian military operation. Pure comedy!
Breaking right now, Soledar has been liberated thanks to Wagner fighters. Major sale on salt to follow!!
Thanks for this
The "city" of Soledar lies 18 km (11 mi) from Bakhmut, and its population was 10,490 in January 2022.
The Battle of Soledar began in early August, with Russian forces capturing much of the eastern half of Soledar by September, although being stalled afterward.
As of January 11th, control of Soledar is disputed, with some sources claiming that Russia's Wagner Group were in control of the settlement, while others dispute this version.
A 5 month battle, still disputed.
All this from nattering nabobs slurping from the guizerguy in high heels, who now runs Ukraine as a prop for the Biden Administration, while entirely suppressing Putin speeches, interviews and statements as well as those of Foreign Minister Lavrov.
The Western Media is awash in the 1950’s agenda set for the likes of Stalinists we were all raised on.
See Larry Johnson column in thegatewaypundit.com.
Johnson eviscerates Niall Ferguson opinions for basically perching like a parrot carried around on the arm of the boy-man ‘elinsky, prezzy of UKR.
Elinsky annihilates his MIL, while Biden financially breaks Western allies and weakens all together their own defenses.
Waking up to facts from the UKR ground war, and from hearing only one way reporting, by the US Media Complex (Fifth Column) goes unnoticed by some Americans and the outcome is going to be a shock.
We’ll be lucky if a forming alliance doesn’t retaliate against the USA directly, the machinations of this administration, mettling, and CIA sponsored colour revolutions.
We sit printing paper while China, Russia, SA, etc., have been buying up GOLD.
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