Posted on 07/09/2023 10:03:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has sacked a top general in charge of the war against Ukraine as he continues his purge of the top brass following Wagner's attempted coup last month.
General Valery Gerasimov, 67, has been ousted as conflict commander less than six months after he was appointed. He has been replaced by Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinskiy, according to Russian media.
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During his ill-conceived war, the Russian despot has fired several leaders including Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, also known as 'The Butcher of Mariupol', as well as General Rustam Muradov who was behind the massacre in Vuhledar earlier this year.
Gerasimov will remain in charge of the Russian armed forces as chief of the general staff but overall responsibility for the war now goes to Teplinskiy, 54, commander of the country's airborne troops, according to The Moscow Times citing military-linked pro-war Z-channels.
It comes after Putin, desperately recovering from Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny last month, is furious and humiliated by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky bringing key commanders of the Azov regiment home from Turkey.
The dictator claims he has been 'deceived' over an agreement at the end of the Siege of Mariupol that Azov commander Denys Prokopenko, 32, and his lieutenants would remain in Turkey until the end of the raging war.
Putin is also likely to be further enraged by Zelensky's visit to the the liberated Snake Island in the Black Sea to mark the 500th day of the war.
The move to fire Gerasimov comes just weeks after Wagner's armed revolt against Putin's regime which was instigated by the private mercenary group's warlord leader Prigozhin, once a close Putin crony.
Earlier this week, Putin hit back as state media leaked images that appeared to show the Wagner chief wearing a set of laughable disguises.
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George Washington sacked some of his top generals, too.
Whatever we do, don’t touch our rainbow warrior brain trust at the Pentagon.
I’m sure Putin pooped his pants, fell down the stairs, and has deadly cancer with only weeks to live, is that the story, or was that the 2022 story?
We can stop giving Ukraine money and cluster bombs that violate international treaty then, right?
Russia is losing, right? Putin has cancer anyway and is on his deathbed with dementia, right?
We can do those Hitler downfall memes with Putin then, right?
...indeed...! this guy is a piker; our esteemed [sic] Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley (or has he already been replaced by that four-star EEOC Air Force general....) has more “fruit salad” on his chest than this guy.....
That revolving door for Top Generals continues to spin and whirl, increasing in speed.
Just ignore the noise that they need billions more in aid and weapons and possibly Americans to die for their globalist masters. That's just to intimidate Russia into submission more, I'm sure, because Ukraine is FREAKING DESTROYING RUSSIA
Which Generals apart from Benedict Arnold were sacked by George Washington?
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/washingtons-officers/
Surprised Erdoğan is not holding up to his end of the agreement. Although he may be getting a lot of money or some arms for it.
If the Russians were able to figure out their logistics, they would have taken Kyiv on Day 1.
File this under, TUT -’True Until Tomorrow’
....dude, just what are you “on”....?? send some my way, please...!! LOL........
Right.
Oh, and by the way, a sacked General is not a good thing for America
One of the continuing themes in warfare going back til the dawn of time is that the toady, corrupt ass wipe perfumed princes take over the military leadership until a. war starts.
The princes screw up by the numbers and the army gets it's ass kicked until competent leadership replaces them.
If the nation at war survives it's perfumed prices long enough to rebuild, the new Generals get the job done
Russia was plagued with corrupt, incompetent Generals.
That was then, this is now.
The current leaders who have either not been killed or sacked are getting their acts together and their poor performance has alarmed Putin and he is rebuilding and reforming
I liked it better when Russia had and incompetent, corrupt and obsolete military. Cue up the General Fredendall and the Kasserine Pass in WWII - "but he was a wonderful Colonel. "
“cluster bombs that violate international treaty”
FR is no place for globalist stooges.
King George’s generals. Lots of “resignations” over the course of the American Revolution. Why?
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/opponents/
Ukraine's bravery is out there for the world to see.
I mean, they are just ANNIHILATING Russia. OMG dude, it's just insane how Ukraine is wiping the Russkies off the face of the Earth. Plus that cancer, oh that cancer is eating Putin alive. God you hate to see this.
We’re stuck with them on the license plates here o.O
Erdogan knows Putin’s days are numbered. That’s why he threw Putin under the bus yesterday.
He was really hard on Benedict Arnold. Putin is no George Washington.
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