General: “We need to stop lying”
According to Bloomberg, it was an adjustment in communications strategy that had produced more or less critical statements about the military. The Economic Service relies on sources from the Kremlin. A situational presentation was recently made public showing maps showing the withdrawal of Russian troops. Even TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, known as “Voice of Putin”, recently said in his program “Focus”: “In real life, I want us to attack and take Kai tomorrow. But I know that. 300,000 people in partial mobilization need time to do this. “
As Bloomberg reports, these starkly different tones are said to have been sanctioned by the Kremlin itself. “We have to stop lying,” Andrei Kartabolov, a former general who now heads the defense committee in the lower house of parliament, said on a popular online talk show this week. “Our people are not stupid.”
It’s unclear whether the reports going so far have been approved by the Kremlin. Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine is not in question. And certainly not his position of power. Nevertheless, there are increasing reports of military defeats in southern and eastern Ukraine.
“Yesterday we lost 16 settlements in the Kherson region. What will we lose today?” host Olga Skabeeva asked a commander on her prime-time show. “We’re maneuvering with retreating elements,” he managed to mutter in response.
Report on meetings with military bloggers
According to Bloomberg, Putin has held at least two closed-door meetings with a small group of Russian military correspondents since early summer. According to Bloomberg, who is familiar with the situation, something happened shortly before 300,000 bookers were suddenly called.
This is supported by the fact that many so-called war bloggers, who are Putin’s supporters and nationalists, are now openly discussing the details of the front’s course. The terrifying Wagner Group announced the launch of their own Telegram channel on October 6th. According to the US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW), influential Wagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin clearly preferred his own voice. This may put him in competition with military bloggers, but Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who all have their own Telegram channels. However, videos surfaced on Twitter on Thursday showing the arrest of Alexei Slobodenyuk, the man behind the Telegram channels.
Recently, military bloggers on Telegram assessed Zaitsev’s situation differently: despite the fact that the Russian Ministry of Defense had already reported full control, the bloggers contradicted the assessments and saw some success, ISW reported.
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