Vladimir Putin has made himself a “laughingstock” by surrounding himself with “absolutely incompetent” military chiefs before to the Ukraine war, Russia’s former vice-president claimed in a stinging attack on the Russian president.
Alexander Rutskoy, a former Soviet general, accused Putin of’senselessly’ killing tens of thousands of Russian soldiers employed as cannon fodder.
Rutskoy, who served as Boris Yeltsin’s deputy, stated that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine should never have occurred.
Rutskoy stated, “If the armed forces do not have the capability to conduct strategic offensive operations, then it is best not to attempt to do so, especially outside the country.”
Alexander Rutskoy, a former Soviet general, has accused Vladimir Putin of’senselessly’ killing tens of thousands of Russian soldiers deployed as cannon fodder in the conflict.
He added, “Everything occurring today may be explained by the inability of our armed forces to perform strategic offensive operations.
‘Why….? The military forces have been headed by incompetent, utterly incompetent individuals for the past 25 years.
Rutskoy stated, “The result is the carnage in Ukraine, where Russia has suffered losses estimated at 175,000 in less than a year.”
“This is a tragedy for our nation,” Rutskoy, the first man to ever hold the position of Russian vice-president, remarked. “This is a tragedy, as individuals are dying.
People are dying in vain despite the fact that the slogan is “Defend Russia.” Where is their defense of Russia? What do they die for…? Who has the authority to separate a father and his children?
Who granted the authority to take sons away from their moms and fathers? Nobody….’
He referenced to Russia’s vehement denials that Britain was responsible for explosions in the Nord Stream pipelines built to transport gas to the European market beneath the Baltic Sea.
He asserted, “Britain blew up the Nord Stream pipelines [in the Baltic].” “What is the response?” Nothing. Just blah-blah-blah.
“Why is this occurring? We lack strategic planning from a military perspective because we lack military strategy. The president declares his plans, but they are not carried through. It makes him an object of ridicule.
Rutskoy stated that Putin had surrounded himself with security apparatchiks and others who lacked advanced military training and expertise.
Rutskoy stated that this includes defense minister Sergei Shoigu, who, despite holding the rank of army general, is a politician known for his fealty to Putin.
Anatoly Serdyukov’s predecessor, a furniture entrepreneur, was promoted because his then-wife was the daughter of a close Putin associate.
Rutskoy said that the crucial individuals “never commanded or led anything.”
Sunday, Ukrainian firemen battle a house ablaze in the city of Kherson as a result of Russian bombardment.
He said, “Who do we have in the Russian Federation’s Security Council?” No one who served in the military and no one with a military education were present.
“No one – and now they are making decisions about how to conduct the special military operation.” Actually, this is the same as impotent males who make sexual encounter decisions.
What type of sex can we discuss if you are impotent? It is identical there. It is all identical.
No member of a vast nation’s Security Council possesses military skill. Not a single individual.
Rutskoy, 75, was speaking to host Andrey Kovalyov on the YouTube channel Kovalyov Principle.
In a standoff with Yeltsin, he was once declared acting president of Russia by the nation’s parliament.
But Yeltsin changed the parliament, and Rutskoy and other extremist parliamentarians were imprisoned for a short time.
The nationalist politician served as vice president from 1991 to 1993, following a distinguished career in the Soviet military, when he attained the rank of aviation major-general.
During the Soviet conquest of Afghanistan, where he led an independent air attack regiment of the 40th Army, he was shot down three times.
In 1988, Rutskoy was named a Hero of the Soviet Union. During Putin’s administration, he later served as governor of the neighboring Ukraine-bordering Kursk district.
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