Vladimir Putin is under increasing political pressure at the start of 2023 after a senior ally appeared to point the finger at the Kremlin for Russia’s lacklustre military campaign.
Igor Girkin did not hold back in a blunt Telegram message following Ukrainian missile attacks on military facilities.
GIrkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, who played a key role in the annexation of Crimea in 2014, posted: “Unfortunately, in some places their strikes on our military facilities turned out to be both targeted and successful.
“Due to the ongoing excessive profligacy of the command of units and formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation it is an impression that our command is unteachable in principle.”
