By Joshua Manning • Published: 29 Aug 2022 • 9:07
Image of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. Credit: NickolayV/Shutterstock.com
The British Ministry of Defence reported Putin’s sidelining of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, taking to Twitter to post:
“Recent independent Russian media reports have claimed that due to the problems Russia is facing in its war against Ukraine, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shogun is now being side-lined within the Russian leadership, with operational commanders briefing President Putin directly on the course of the war.”
“Russian officers and soldiers with first-hand experience of the war probably routinely ridicule Shoigu for his ineffectual and out-of-touch leadership as Russian progress has stalled.”
“Shoigu has likely long struggled to overcome his reputation as lacking substantive military experience, as he spent most of his career in the construction sector and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.”
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 29 August 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/UbLfTGATDr 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/YCp7fMLXU9 — Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) August 29, 2022
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 29 August 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/UbLfTGATDr
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/YCp7fMLXU9
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) August 29, 2022
The news of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu being sidelined follows reports that President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the number of armed force personnel in Ukraine as the war intensifies.
In addition President Vladimir Putin of Russia has decreed several monthly and one-off payments for citizens of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and Ukraine who were forced to evacuate to Russia, as reported on Saturday, August 27.
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