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Analyst on Ukraine & Russia | Ukrainian combat veteran 2014-2015 | Former journalist, editor, university professor | Views expressed are my own

Apr 22, 2022, 5 tweets

The Kremlin launched the next wave of repressions against the Russian military brass for failing "the special operation" in #Ukraine, especially after sinking the cruiser Moskva - said the representative of the Intel. Dept. of Ukr. MoD Vadym Skibitskiy on Ukr. TV. [Thread⬇️]

[2] First, the Kremlin dismissed the Black Sea fleet commander, General Osipov. He's under arrest.

[3] Second, Russian MoD dismissed the Lt. Gen. Vladislav Ershov from the post of a commander of the 6th Army. He's arrested for more than 2,000 killed Russian troops, incl. 180 conscripts who should not be sent to war in #Ukraine according to Russian law.

[4] Also, the Russian MoD dismissed Gen. Lt. Sergei Kisel from the post of a commander of the 1st Russian tank Army for a failure to capture the Chernihiv & Sumy provinces, non-functional tanks, poorly prepared troops, using conscripts in the war against the law, etc.

[5] The Rus. MoD dismissed Lt. Gen. Arkadiy Marzoev as a commander of the 22nd Army Corps (Crimea). He's a son of a Soviet Col. Vasily Marzoev who in #WWII fought the Nazis at Moscow, Stalingrad, Kharkiv. He died in 2004 & didn't see how his son disgraced the father's glory.

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