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Infighting among war criminals has begun.


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2022 May 13, 1:15pm   339 views  4 comments

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May 13 (Reuters) - A former commander of pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine accused Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday of "criminal negligence" over Moscow's stuttering military campaign in Ukraine.

"I directly accuse Sergei Shoigu of, at minimum, criminal negligence," Igor Girkin said in a video interview posted on his Telegram channel. "I have no grounds to accuse him of treason, but I would suspect it."

The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request to comment on Girkin's outburst - one of the strongest public attacks yet on Russia's military leadership from a prominent hawk pushing for a more intensive campaign in Ukraine.

Despite repeated Russian setbacks and heavy losses in men and equipment in the course of the 79-day-old invasion, Putin has shown no sign of distancing himself from Shoigu. The minister played a highly visible part in commemorations on Red Square on Monday to mark the 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

Girkin, who also goes by the pseudonym "Strelkov" from the Russian for "shooter", has been charged with murder by Dutch prosecutors over his alleged role in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.

He has become an outspoken critic of how Russia is waging its war in Ukraine over recent weeks, saying that without a new strategy and more manpower, Russia could lose.

Ukraine says it has repelled Russian forces from around the eastern city of Kharkiv this week and is mounting a counter-offensive that could signal a shift in the war's momentum.

After failing to capture the capital Kyiv in the first phase of what Russia calls its "special military operation", Russian forces have refocused on the eastern Donbas region and southern city of Mariupol.

A former Kremlin mercenary, Marat Gabidullin, told Reuters this week that Russian troops were ill-prepared for the war in Ukraine.


https://www.reuters.com/world/ex-separatist-commander-says-russian-military-chief-criminally-negligent-2022-05-13/?source=patrick.net

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1   SunnyvaleCA   2022 May 13, 1:22pm  

With a headline like that, I was expecting to hear about the Democrat and Republican parties being dissolved. Oh well.
2   richwicks   2022 May 13, 2:25pm  

Eric Holder says
"I directly accuse Sergei Shoigu of, at minimum, criminal negligence," Igor Girkin said in a video interview posted on his Telegram channel.


Show the telegram channel or you're just repeating modern day war propaganda

Jesus, you aren't stupid, you know our government commonly lies and our media is full of shit. Stop acting stupid
3   Misc   2022 May 15, 1:25am  

richwicks says

Eric Holder says
"I directly accuse Sergei Shoigu of, at minimum, criminal negligence," Igor Girkin said in a video interview posted on his Telegram channel.


Show the telegram channel or you're just repeating modern day war propaganda

Jesus, you aren't stupid, you know our government commonly lies and our media is full of shit. Stop acting stupid


Many times people have done as you ask, only for you then to then say the source is unreliable, simply propaganda, etc. It becomes a circular loop, with you then launching personal attacks against the poster.

It is becoming quite tiring.
4   richwicks   2022 May 15, 1:31am  

Misc says
Show the telegram channel or you're just repeating modern day war propaganda

Jesus, you aren't stupid, you know our government commonly lies and our media is full of shit. Stop acting stupid


Many times people have done as you ask, only for you then to then skay the source is unreliable,


Any US news source that claims that some document or video makes a claim but doesn't reference the document or video is flat out lying.

Video can be deceptively edited, quotes can be taken out of context, but when no source is being provided at all, it's just a lie.

There is no telegram channel. The journalist is lying, and you were tricked by it.

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