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  • Senior Russia general 'is sacked by Putin for faking success stories in Ukraine'

    12/14/2024 9:16:29 AM PST · by Grzegorz 246 · 21 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 25 Nov 2024 | Ed Holt
    A general in Russia has been fired after he was accused of faking reports of battleground successes in Ukraine. Colonel General Gennady Anashkin had been the commander of the Russian Army's 'Southern Group' which is fighting in eastern Ukraine. A Russian military blogging channel, Military Informant, has claimed that 'false reports about supposedly deep successful breakthroughs' started to come from Siversk close to where Anashkin's soldiers are fighting Ukraine. Meanwhile, the pro-Putin Telegram channel Rybar claimed that Anashkin had uncessceraily killed hundreds of men after he sent them to the frontline poorly prepared and ill-equipped for the battle. The Daily...
  • Russia fires commander for false claims about progress of war in Ukraine, military bloggers say

    11/24/2024 5:27:43 AM PST · by Timber Rattler · 27 replies
    CNN, via WRAL.com ^ | November 24, 2024 | Billy Stockwell and Darya Tarasova
    Russia has removed a senior commander from his post for making false claims about the progress of the war in parts of eastern Ukraine, according to military bloggers and Russian media. Colonel General Gennady Anashkin, the commander of the South Forces Group, was dismissed after providing misleading information about Russia’s progress near the Siversk settlement in the eastern region of Donetsk, according to the bloggers. Russian media RBC reported Anashkin’s removal, citing unnamed sources within the Russian Ministry of Defense who said he was removed as part of a planned rotation. There has been no official confirmation from Russian officials....