an hour agoThe Russian National Guard chief admits: We're not as fast as we'd like.
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)One of Russia's close relatives, Vladimir Putin, has said that the military operation in Ukraine has not gone all as fast as the Kremlin, which is the strongest public statement yet from Moscow that things are not going according to the plan, Miror writes. National Guard chief, [...]
National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov, speaking at church services led by Orthodox Patriarch Kiril on Sunday blames Ukrainian right forces are hiding behind civilians for the slower than expected progress, an accusation that has been made repeatedly by Russian officials.
His comments came after Friday's assessment by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who told Putin that “everything is going according to plan”.
I'd say yes, not everything is going so fast that we'd like”, Zolotov said, who used to run Putin's personal security for the National Guard site.
The United States and its allies have described Putin's conquest as an imperial style to capture land that has so far been poorly executed because Moscow had underestimated Ukraine's resistance and the Western resolution to punish Moscow. Zolotov is a senior security official who was once Putin's head of security.
