The ISW said the criticism was reminiscent of comments made by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who accused Russia's oligarchs of deceiving Putin to invade Ukraine in order to divide its territories between themselves.īy Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor One Russian military correspondent accused leaders of allowing the interests of elites and businessmen to obstruct military objectives, and suggested they would prevent attacks on a town if a Russian businessman owned property there. "Popov's dismissal has exposed a new level of concern about factional dynamics and degraded command structures in the Russian military following Prigozhin's June 24 rebellion," the ISW said.Īmong the criticism were allegations that the army's civilian leadership were "routinely suppressing" reports that Russia's defence industry has failed to properly mobilise for the war effort, said the ISW. Military bloggers have accused the defence ministry of "detrimentally suppressing opinions" about the state of the frontline after General Popov was sacked for criticising the Russian MoD, the Institute for the Study of War said.īloggers believe that Russian command "has forgotten" their priority should be preserving the lives of their soldiers, the US think tank reported. Back to the dismissal of Russian commander Major General Ivan Popov, which has generated "pronounced" anger against top military brass, according to experts.
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