Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country must speed up the decision-making process related to the military campaign in Ukrainereports “Reuters”.
During the first meeting of the new coordination council for the management of the government’s work on the home front, the head of state indicated that it is greater coordination of government structures and regions is neededto improve the government’s work to produce more equipment for the Russian forces and provide them with better medical and logistical support.
Putin created the new council last week martial law imposed in the four partially occupied Ukrainian regions, where his forces suffered several defeats by the Ukrainian army.
His current comment and the statements of some board members are a tacit admission that Russia was not fully prepared for the resistance encountered in Ukrainewhose capital Kiev failed to capture early in the war in February.
I have discussed many times with many of you the issues related to the need to update the entire work to improve administrative procedures, Putin addressed the Council, which is made up of members of the government and regional leaders.
Administrative reform is impossible without broader coordination between all departments: the economic blockade, the security blockade, the regionshe reported.
Even before Putin began a “partial mobilization” of hundreds of thousands of men last month, soldiers complained on social media that they were terribly under-equipped.
The chairman of the new council, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, said it was necessary intensify work to increase the production of personal protective equipment.
“It is necessary to include all capabilities of light industry, including small businesses, for the production of military equipment. We must be sure that our defenders will not be short of equipment,” he stressed.
Earlier today, the “Washington Post” reported that the head of the Russian private army “Wagner” – the businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, criticized the Russian military leadership in a private conversation with Putin, complaining of “bad leadership and incompetent actions at the front”.
The entrepreneur complained about it the Russian defense ministry relies too much on the Wagner groupbut it does not provide the financial support and resources needed to carry out combat missions, according to a US intelligence report.
Prigogine is criticizeL command of the Russian army and before.
