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War in Ukraine: Why Russia's Elite Suddenly Admit Their Army's Defeats

2022-10-07T17:57:13.951Z


DECRYPTION - As the Ukrainian army regains ground, relatives of the Kremlin publicly denounce and criticize Russian military strategies. Dissent or manipulation?


Real dissidence or yet another game of dupes led by the Kremlin?

Critics of Russian elites jeering at the generals and their strategies on the battlefield have been increasing for several days, thanks to thundering defeats in Ukraine.

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As the key town of Lyman in the Donetsk region has been recaptured and Ukrainian forces are advancing in the south and northeast, a senior Russian parliamentary official called on the military to '

stop lying

':

People know.

Our people are not stupid.

And he sees that we don't want to tell him even part of the truth.

This can lead to a loss of credibility

, ”said Andrei Kartapolov, deputy head of the Defense Commission of the Duma, the lower house of Parliament, and former military commander, on Wednesday October 5.

Read alsoUkraine: has Vladimir Putin already lost the war?

Same story with Alexandre Kots, the star war reporter of the pro-Kremlin newspaper

Komsomolskaya Pravda

, who has warned in recent days that “

there will be no good…

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Source: lefigaro

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