Former Russian commander Igor Girkin directly attacked Vladimir Putin, saying that he, as a commander, should not hide, but take the reins of the war.

“And where is Putin? Peskov (no – the press secretary of the Kremlin Dmytro Peskov) makes a statement from time to time and says that Putin knows what is happening, that he is aware of what is happening. You know what, you can give the mummy a report at last Mummy you lie down, you approach her, say hello and you can report. Let me introduce you to the situation. This and that happens. The mummy is silent. You presented the report. Well, they gave it well. The result is clear,” Girkin accused.

Millblogger links Putin’s inaction to the lack of a unified command of the campaign in Ukraine, citing increasing scandals between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the leader of Wagner’s mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin.

“The Commander-in-Chief has completely withdrawn during the war, and the people in his inner circle are openly fighting each other for leadership. Such actions of theirs undermine stability at the front, and he does not react in any way,” Girkin said.

The Russian president, who started the war in Ukraine last February, appears sporadically in public and has also limited his trips abroad. His every appearance is carefully planned, he is surrounded by security, and there is speculation that he uses doppelgangers. This is in direct contrast to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who not only travels around Ukraine, but also around the world.

The statements of Girkin, who until 2013 held a high position in the special service of the FSB of Russia, then significantly contributed to the capture of the Crimean peninsula, among other things, probably gave the order to shoot down a civilian plane of Malaysian Airlines with almost 300 people on board. on board and was the military commander of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Novorossiya after Ukraine launched a counteroffensive, and Vladimir Putin appears to be absent from the public sphere.

Girkin, who has criticized the Kremlin in the past, recently said that Wagner’s boss Yevgeny Prigozhin could topple the Russian president.

He says that Chief Wagner’s insults to the Russian military are unacceptable and signal a split in the Russian elite, which Prigozhin will take advantage of with his private army.

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