There is seething discontent in Putin’s inner circle, we have to believe in American intelligence.
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A member of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle is said to have expressed his displeasure directly to the president, reportedly The Washington Post. This was supposed to take place over several weeks and is the result of Putin’s handling of the war in Ukraine.
The Washington Post writes that the information comes from US intelligence.
The dissatisfaction must relate to what the member considers mismanagement of the war and the mistakes made by those carrying out the military operation.
The criticism is to date the clearest indication of unrest in the Russian leadership, writes the Washington Post.
On Biden’s table
The information is considered so important that it should have been included in US President Joe Biden’s daily intelligence briefing. This is according to people familiar with the case, who spoke anonymously to the American newspaper.
– Since the beginning of the occupation, we have seen an increasing number of notifications from several members of Putin’s inner circle. Our assessments suggest that they are particularly upset by recent Russian losses, poor leadership and military shortages, says a Western intelligence official, according to the Washington Post.
Another official is said to have said that internal tension is “unanimous on how the Russian campaign went”.
– There are many people who are convinced that this is not going well or in the right direction, says the officer.
More had to go
In another article he writes The Washington Post that the commander of war operations in Ukraine, Alexander Dvornikov, was fired after only seven weeks of work, which he got in April.
This is after what must have been a major restructuring due to large losses and strategic mistakes.
Dvornikov is said to have resigned around the same time that the paratrooper commander-in-chief, Andrey Serdyukov, also had to resign. This is after nearly all air force divisions suffered heavy casualties.
Furthermore, the Washington Post writes that the head of the military district in charge of Kharkiv, Alexander Zhuravlev, had to resign last week. This is after Russian forces lost large areas in the region in early September.
In total, at least eight generals were fired, reassigned or otherwise sidelined. At least ten other generals died in battle, writes the American newspaper.
Recently, there have been several criticisms of the Kremlin leadership. On Friday, the chairman of the parliament’s defense commission, Andrei Kartapolov, raised eyebrows to several people.
In one of the most famous propaganda programs on TV, he stated: – We need to stop lying.
He pointed out that people don’t get the full truth in daily war updates. The decorated general says he fears a loss of credibility.
Another person who was interviewed by state television is Andrei Guruljov, former deputy commander of the southern military district.
– A system of liesnot bottom-up, but top-down, he said.
