Russia-Ukraine War: The Russian politician and former close associate of the Kremlin, Igor Strelkov, stated that “the race to topple Putin has begun.” This, after already declaring that Russia is in a military catastrophe. According to him, “the struggle for the political Olympus between the groups surrounding President Putin has begun.”
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Strelkov, who was the commander of the armed forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic and was convicted of war crimes, stated that he had now become a fierce critic of the Kremlin. Strelkov also claimed that “immediate mass recruitment of half a million additional men is the only way for Putin to avoid defeat and disgrace in the war in Ukraine.”
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“The struggle at the top of the Kremlin is focused on a close associate of Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin”, who was previously mentioned as one of the owners of “Wagner Power”. “Prigozhin wants to become a political actor. His recent appearances in the media have clearly shown that he is positioning himself not only as a war commander, but as a public and political figure. He heads the group opposing Shoigu’s group. They have already started to fight, the military desert has led to this crisis of power. This It involves the escape of senior commanders and the recruitment of masses.”
Earlier this week, senior British military experts estimated that if Russian President Vladimir Putin could not turn the tables on the war with Ukraine, he could face a coup within months. “The Russians are trying to wear down the willingness of the Ukrainians to resist by shelling Ukrainian cities, killing Ukrainian soldiers in large numbers,” noted one senior expert, “now it’s really up to the Ukrainians to continue attacking the Russians and kill as many Russians as possible to deplete their forces as well. So, In a certain sense, we are in a kind of war of attrition that could be opened, potentially, from one side or the other.”
“Putin is quite concerned about the impact of large-scale casualties on cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg, and that’s why he’s focused a huge amount of time on recruiting from some of the peripheral areas like Siberia,” he added, “We’ve seen unprecedented civil protest movements happening in some of these peripheral areas. They’re not getting much Attention because the media in Russia hardly covers it.”