Gerasimov is Removed From the Command. Is Prigozhin Done?
#Putin held several meetings with military and security block leaders via video call over the weekend. On Saturday, during the meeting, after hearing the reports, the president announced that he was once again... 1/6
removing Valery Gerasimov from the helm of the "special military operation"-related processes! Officially, there will be no instructions and orders in this regard, but in reality, Gerasimov is suspended as of Sunday 11 June. #Putin explained that he did not want to see... 2/6
as commander of the united group of forces a man who did not believe in victory and had a decadent attitude. The president added that he was disappointed with the results of the #Russian troops' winter-spring offensive. Formally, Gerasimov remains... 3/6
Commander of the Joint Group of Forces and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the #Russian Federation, but he will not be really in charge of the command. At the same meeting, the president voiced the opinion that all PMCs, including the Wagner PMC, should... 4/6
go "under the full control of the Ministry of Defense. Regarding Yevgeny #Prigozhin, #Putin said: "It's time to quit with him, he's not needed here." The president did not explain what he meant by this. 5/6
In principle, with the same reasoning, as #Putin dismissed Gerasimov, one can dismiss the entire General Staff. Everyone there, almost without exception, does not believe in victory. 6/6
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#Russian President Vladimir Putin himself took several reports yesterday, trying not to overload himself with business. In the evening, the president again had an examination by the attending doctors and consultations... 1/4
by video call with the doctors involved in #Putin's treatment from another state. The results of the examination that the president underwent last weekend were discussed. Nothing was encouraging for Putin in the results of the examination. His condition is worsening. 2/4
The disease is progressing, and while some of the best specialists in the world in this field are unable to do anything, the treatment is not yielding the desired results. There is no hiding information from the president about... 3/4
Yesterday, #Russian President Vladimir Putin had several telephone conversations, including with #Turkish President Recep Erdogan. During his conversation with Erdogan, Putin lamented the West's misunderstanding of his (Putin's) position. 1/5
The #Russian president tried to convey to the #Turkish president that freezing the conflict in #Ukraine on current positions is the best thing that can happen today. #Erdogan explained to #Putin that the current Ukrainian leadership did not find this "scenario" acceptable... 2/5
and would not do so under any circumstances. #Putin told his counterpart that he did not consider Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an independent figure and was not interested in the position of the #Ukrainian side. He believed it was necessary to negotiate with... 3/5
#Russian President Vladimir #Putin is losing leverage over the system. A prime example of this is the state of affairs on the front. Yesterday morning, after reports to Putin about the destruction of...
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the #KakhovkaHPP, a real detective story, which can be named "Who did it?" played out during a meeting with representatives of the security and military leadership. First, the incident was reported to the president five hours later without daring to wake him up.
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Secondly, the leaders of the military bloc were unable to form a unified position by that time and gave the president contradictory information, ranging from a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to technical problems at the dam.
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#Putin Demanded More Victims Among the Civilians in #Russia
Yesterday, a man resembling Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev and Oleg Belozerov, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Russian Railways.
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The meeting was quite casual. As usual, the double successfully coped, getting used to the image of the president better and better. #Russian President Vladimir #Putin himself, despite feeling unwell, received reports yesterday and took part in two meetings.
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During a video conference with representatives of the leadership of the military and power blocs, the president was briefed on the situation at the front. Representatives of the military leadership told #Putin how remarkably and successfully they...
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On Friday 2 June, #Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council via videoconference. After the main part of the meeting, several reports were heard and... 1/7
discussed and current issues were discussed in a closed-door format. The main topic of the reports was the tense situation in the #Belgorod region, where, according to the зresident, "sabotage groups are constantly wandering as if they were at home", and... 2/7
several settlements are under constant shelling. It should be recalled that earlier, #Putin spoke about similar problems in the #Belgorod Region, saying that mainly #Ukrainians live there, so let them "kill" each other, it is not a problem. 3/7
Putin was not feeling well over the weekend and was mostly resting, taking reports by video calls. On reports of fighting on Saturday and Sunday in the Belgorod region, casualties on the Russian side and the capture of... 1/5
Russian military personnel, the president had little or no reaction, only sluggishly reprimanding the military on this occasion. On Sunday, the president was told of a proposal by the "Russian Volunteer Corps" to the governor of the #Belgorod region to... 2/5
exchange prisoners in exchange for a few minutes of conversation and asked #Putin how the situation should be handled, the president said: "Why the fuck are you asking me that? Fuck you and your prisoners and the governor who allowed this to happen". 3/5