Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gave his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu until early October to put an end to Ukraine’s counter-offensive, Washington-based think tank Institute of Study of War (ISW) reported.
ISW wrote in an assessment citing a Kremlin insider source that “Putin reportedly gave Shoigu a deadline of one month until early October to improve the situation on the frontlines, stop [the] Ukrainian counter-offensive, and have Russian forces regain the initiative to launch an offensive operation against a larger city.”
This may “indicate that the Russian military command may be ordering relentless counterattacks in hopes of forcing the Ukrainian counteroffensive to culminate, even at a high cost to Russian military capabilities.”
ISW highlighted instances in which the Russian ministry of defense “fearing the imminent loss of Putin’s favor, intensified its efforts to purge commanders who offered honest but negative views and advice and pursued unachievable military objectives at the expense of Russian forces.”
It added: “The Russian resistance to ceding ground may… be tied to Russian military commanders’ and officials’ attempts to use the counter-offensive to achieve political goals, or it could result from Putin’s micromanagement.”
Didn’t Putler say the counteroffensive failed, over a month ago? It appears that another wave of cannon fodder is imminent, so good luck to the orcs trying to get through those minefields they haphazardly laid down.
I think it is for internal consumption because if the little mongul could do something about Ukraine’s counter-offensive he would have by now. They had a chance until Ukraine changed their tactics and started flanking the trenches and its too late now to make more…as you said.
“The Russian resistance to ceding ground may… be tied to Russian military commanders’ and officials’ attempts to use the counter-offensive to achieve political goals, or it could result from Putin’s micromanagement.”
Whether Putin is a micromanager or not is irrelevant. Putting this in simple terms…Putin is a sociopathic scum sucking moronic schmuck that needs to die as quickly as possible.
“fearing the imminent loss of Putin’s favor, intensified its efforts to purge commanders who offered honest but negative views and advice and pursued unachievable military objectives at the expense of Russian forces.”
Sure, Skippy, that’s the right solution to your misery; fire the truth sayers and hire the liars.