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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhi and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov 'have openly declared war' on Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu after Russia's catastrophic series of defeats in Ukraine
2022-10-08
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The two lieutenants have paired up in an open feud with the Defence Ministry

  • They have criticised the Ministry's work after a series of embarrassing defeats

  • It comes after Russia illegally annexed four Ukrainian regions to Russia last week

  • Russia is resorting to desperate tactics such as recruiting criminals to the army
The feud between Prigozhin and Shoigu is said to stretch back long before the start of the seven-month war in Ukraine, and is said to have started after Prigozhin formed the Wagner unit during the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Former Wagner Commander Marat Gabidullin told The Guardian: 'On the current wave of patriotism, he wants to position himself as a fierce defender of the motherland who created a professional military organisation.

'He wants to show that he can fight better than the regular army. We always had tensions with the ministry of defence, we really didn't like each other.'
Related:
Yevgeny Prigozhi: 2022-09-23 New U.S. Sanctions Target Russian Financial Officials, Chechen Leader's Wives, Daughters
Yevgeny Prigozhi: 2022-09-16 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 15th, 2022
Yevgeny Prigozhi: 2022-09-16 Murderers and sex offenders are told they can become war heroes - or be executed for desertion - in footage showing Putin's 'chef' recruiting prisoners to join Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine
Related:
Ramzan Kadyrov: 2022-09-23 New U.S. Sanctions Target Russian Financial Officials, Chechen Leader's Wives, Daughters
Ramzan Kadyrov: 2022-09-17 Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief September 16th (updated)
Ramzan Kadyrov: 2022-09-16 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 15th, 2022
Related:
Sergei Shoigu: 2022-10-05 Russian forces under pressure in south Ukraine
Sergei Shoigu: 2022-10-02 Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief October 1st (updated)
Sergei Shoigu: 2022-09-25 Why do we need mobilization: Russia is opposed by NATO forces of 4 million people
Posted by:Skidmark

#2  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Surovikin
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-10-08 19:43  

#1  New Russian commander for the Ukraine war appointed, General Sergey Surovikin.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-10-08 17:41  

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