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Further Unrest in the Russian Army
Overnight, an important event speaks to the willful denial of the situation at the front. Likely we are heading to part two of the revolt. This came from the dismissal of a popular commander. He dared speak the truth. This is Major General Ivan Popov:
The commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, Major General Ivan Popov, who is called the main organizer of successful Russian Defense in Zaporozhie region, publicly addressed his subordinates and confirmed the fact of his own resignation by decision of the senior commander (Valery Gerasimov).
Popov’s voice appeal was distributed by State Duma deputy Andrey Gurulev in his telegram channel. (doesn’t this remind you of something?) . On the recording, the major general, who, according to Gurulev, has the call sign “Spartak”, refers to his subordinates as “my gladiators.”
According to Popov’s appeal, he was removed “for the truth.” According to him, he had to “either be cowardly and tell the senior management what they wanted to hear, or call everything by its proper name and report problems.”. Popov said to the senior command that a rotation of fighters is needed, who are exhausted from repelling Ukrainian attacks on the front line in the Zaporozhye direction, there is absence of counter-battery combat, the absence of artillery reconnaissance stations, and as a result massive deaths and…