An analyst with a lot of experience facing the Russians in Europe, cited a major weakness being that Putin had eliminated all other leadership voices.
The Hitler model of governing only goes so far.
The other major weakness was their supply capabilities, relying heavily on railroads and lacking a robust system of roads.
The only mistake so far is the same analyst thought giving Ukraine modern armor would be a game changer. Unfortunately it looks like artillery, missiles and drones have crippled the effectiveness of tanks across open terrain, for both sides.
Warsaw trembles
So Popov will be the next Russian general who is popped off?
Russian propaganda can’t hide the truth... Russia is on the verge of enduring yet another revolution. During World War 1 it was the refusal of Russian troops to fight which led to that revolution. When will Russians start refusing to be fodder for Putin’s folly? Today? Tomorrow? Next week? The end is nigh. It’s just a matter of time.
What will become of his vodka? It’s a staple at my homeless camp.
Pretty sure Rooters and Faulconbridge are in close contact with all three of them.
Kremlin snuff box, 05/23/24
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The arrests of generals continue: who is next? We learned three names
Detentions and arrests of high-ranking generals, which intensified after Andrei Belousov became Minister of Defense, continue. And the arrested Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Vadim Shamarin, is far from the last high-ranking military man in this row.
According to our sources in the Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin, the activities of many generals ( and not only in the ministry itself and in the General Staff ) are now under close scrutiny, and non-public investigative actions are being conducted.
We don’t want to please the enemy (in Kyiv they are happy after every high-profile arrest in our country), but we must note that we know the names of those military leaders who may become next. There are quite a lot of them.
But the most serious questions have accumulated for the former commander-in-chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, generals Alexander Lapin and Andrei Kuzmenko. According to one of the interlocutors, they are guilty of “especially grave sins.”
There are also many questions for the generals and the command of the Special Forces. It turned out that the elite fighters were guarding not only Shoigu’s deputy Timur Ivanov ( this data our sources, unfortunately, confirmed ), but also many other generals. As well as their housing and especially valuable property.
By the way, the information about the MTR reached Vladimir Putin; Alexey Dyumin personally reported it to him. Alexey Gennadievich was extremely outraged by the fact that elite fighters were being used for such purposes and asked the president for a tough reaction to this blatant fact.
What’s sad is that, against the backdrop of anti-corruption arrests of generals, the settling of scores with unwanted military leaders will most likely continue. Many sources in the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff fear that the case of General Ivan Popov is only the first sign in this unpleasant process.
Popov participated in last year’s Wagner insurrection, that’s why he was removed.
Putin isn’t scared of or controlled by his military.