Putin against the army. The Kremlin started clearing generals who lost confidence

Traditionally, no decisions have been officially announced for the Russian Federation, it appeared in thematic pro -military publications. It is known that the decision to release was made personally by the Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, after the personal report of Popov. In his report, the General drew attention to the need for rotation and the condition of Russian troops at the forefront of the Ukrainian counter -offensive.

Subsequently, Popov's appeal appeared on the network, which explains the situation. In his opinion, the management saw in him the threat so he decided to get rid of. "There was a difficult situation with the senior authorities when it was necessary to or keep silent and say what they wanted to hear. Or name things by their names… . Um expressed it at the highest level, frankly, very rigidly.

In this connection, the senior chiefs felt I was a danger and in one day they were ordered by the Minister of Defense, issued orders and got rid of me, "the General said. It should be noted that the first appeal of Popov was published by the State Duma deputy, Lieutenant General Andriy Gurulev. In the past, Gurulev himself commanded the 58th Army (2012-2016).

Interestingly, Popov's words are presented as an appeal to combat comrades, the material was created solely for internal use without further spread. In response to the action of Gurulev, the first deputy chairman of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation Andriy Turchak stated that his colleague had arranged a political show, as the appeal was made for internal use. "Ivan's conscience is pure. Such commanders can be proud of the Motherland.

The army has been and remains out of politics," he wrote in the telegram. It should be noted that Turchak is the coordinator of the working group on the so-called "his", in the media he is called the representative of the "Kiriyenko-Kovalchuk group", which also includes Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and co-founder of PEC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigogin. We will remind, the 58 Army is fighting in the occupied Russian Federation of Zaporizhzhya region.

In addition to Popov, the ranks of the senior military leadership lost another general. On July 11, as a result of a rocket strike at the spare command and staff point in Berdyansk, Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokova was liquidated. General commanded "Yelninskaya" 144 Guards Motorized Division, which was in due time Gerasimov. The division is part of the 20th Army Army, which was spotted in eastern Ukraine.

Prior to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the chief of the army staff was Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinsky, who is now a commander of the entire Russian occupation military group. The team point was located at the Dune Hotel, quite predictable that, in addition to Tsokova, other high -level officers were housed.

According to military expert Dmitry Snegirev, there is information that the missile strike at the Dune Hotel occurred as a result of a controlled leakage of information from the Russian side. And the primary goal was Popov, not tsokov. "As for Tsokova, there is information that it was controlled by the leakage of information, its purpose was the liquidation of Popov. Because it failed to do it, it was decided to dismiss it.

I think it is worth waiting for further compromise Popov in the future, even before criminal prosecution ", - he says focus. Focus has already said that the attempt of the military rebellion of Yevgeny Prigogin and the Wagner PEC against the military leadership of the Russian Federation caused staffing in the Russian army. Recent events indicate that cleaning has grown into frank repression against generals.

The fate of the deputy commander of the Russian group in Ukraine is still unknown, General of the Army Sergey Surovikin, who was arrested at the end of June 2023. There is no official information from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation or other law enforcement agencies. On July 12, the Russian media published a comment on the head of the State Duma Committee, Colonel-General Andriy Kartpolov, in which he reported that Surovika was "resting yet inaccessible.

" According to UK intelligence, Valery Gerasimov has already found a replacement of Surovikin in his post. On July 11, during the report, the chief of the General Staff first appeared with Colonel-General Viktor Afzalov, who is the deputy commander-in-chief of the air and space forces of Russia. Antazalov has been a position for over four years, but publicly appeared for the first time.

The Colonel of the Armed Forces reserve, the former spokesman of the General Staff Vladislav Seleznyov explains the focus that the rebellion of Prigogine was not organized by him, he does not have the appropriate experience and skills. Therefore, the Kremlin now punishes all those who could help him. "We see certain trends in the Russian military society, the army is not successful, the number of dissatisfied grows, the search for extreme ones begins.

Political decisions are now pressed on the army, this is what the number of senior officers on the line of combat clash can be explained - their task is their task. " He says. "Putin is afraid of the military opposition, so he played ahead so that new Generals of Rokhlin or Swan did not appear. The situation with the elimination of Tsokov and the removal of Popov is indicated at the time of personnel cleaning and repression.

The Kremlin tries to get rid of officers with big stars in the shoulder straps. He did not even appear on his daughter's birthday, "Snegirev adds. According to Seleznov, the number of dissatisfied will continue to increase in the future, neither shoig, nor Gerasimov have much support in the army, because they cannot protect it from the Kremlin's political pressure. It is natural that the greater the success of Ukraine's defense forces, the more this conflict will be unfolding.