The personnel of the occupying troops, while they suffer heavy losses in Ukraine, are forbidden to use telephones, travel in civilian transport and wear beards.
After the appointment of Valery Gerasimov to the post of Commander of the Joint Group of Forces in Ukraine, they are trying to “restrain” the Russian military, issuing ridiculous bans. About it says in a new military intelligence report from the UK Department of Defense dated January 23.
The department notes that after his appointment, Gerasimov is trying to raise the level of discipline in the RF Armed Forces.
So, the officers are trying with all their might to “restrain” their subordinates, introducing ridiculous prohibitions. Fighters are not allowed to wear non-standard haircuts, use smartphones and travel in civilian vehicles.
“These measures were met with skeptical reviews. However, attempts to improve the quality of military personnel’s shaving caused the most ridicule. The owner of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, criticized the military leadership, saying that war is a time of active and courageous people, not clean-shaven ones,” the statement reads. UK intelligence report.
The department notes that the units of the RF Armed Forces continue to be at an operational impasse, losing military equipment and personnel, and the priorities voiced by Gerasimov will only increase the fears of many skeptics in Russian society.
The commander, like the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu, is perceived as people who are out of place and do not understand how to manage processes.
Note that the Institute for the Study of War ISW in a report dated January 22 wrote about the decline in the authority of the owner of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, after a series of military failures near Bakhmut and personnel changesas a result of which Valeny Gerasimov was appointed Commander of the United Group of Forces in Ukraine.
A few days earlier, the military intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported a serious conflict between Yevgeny Prigozhin and Valery Gerasimov, who is trying to neutralize the influence of the owner of the Wagner Group“.
