Well, the rumors were that Prigo and Kadyrov were maneuvering to get Shoigu pushed out, so that may be why Shoigu is pushing back. If you come at the King (or the King’s flunky), you better not miss.
Shoigu under pressure. I’m concerned that Russia tested a new approach to mass missile attacks last night and both sides have been uncharacteristically quiet about the results and countermeasures. Russia used balloons, decoy missiles, EW spoofs and attacked at night instead of in the daylight. Concerning.