What the cook prescribed

The Russian military followed in the footsteps of Prigozhin and publicly record messages criticizing the army leadership. New scandal - this time between General Popov and the head of the General Staff Gerasimov

The Russian army worsened problems with the command staff. State Duma deputy Andrei Gurulev first confirmed the death of the deputy commander of the Southern Military District of Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov, and then published in his telegram channel the scandalous appeal of the 58th combined-arms army, Major General Ivan Popov, in his post. As a result, the vice-speaker of the uninerussus, Andrei Turchak, already attacked the deputy Gurulev himself (also a military man). And what, in fact, is happening?

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Spartak uprising

On July 11, information on the removal of the commander of the 58th combined arms army Ivan Popov began to be distributed in Telegram.

“The commander of the 58th Army Major General Ivan Popov was removed from the post based on the results of the report [head of the General Staff Valery] Gerasimov,” wrote the channel of the Cheka-OGPU. - In his report, Popov raised the question of the need to rotate the units, which are on the line of clashes for a long period of time and suffered significant losses. Gerasimov accused Popov of panicism and self -habitation of senior leadership. After Popov’s statement about his readiness to personally report on the problem of Putin, Gerasimov removed him from his post and sent him to the front positions of the front. ”

The Greey Zone channel close to Evgeny Prigozhin confirmed the information about the removal of Popov from the post, adding that the general enjoyed great “respect” among his subordinates. “At least there were no negative reviews behind him, and his indication of problems with the lack of rotations at the front really have a place to be,” wrote the channel ( spelling and punctuation are preserved. “ Ed. ). “The fighters of most divisions really have great fatigue, which affects their moral and physical condition, also a number of military formations have a non -membrane of personnel, one on paper, and in fact another.”

Until this moment, the current Supreme Officers of the Russian Armed Forces never allowed himself to publicly speak out about the causes of certain personnel solutions or various army problems. Perhaps the law of silence cracked after active criticism of the highest military ranks, which not so long ago poured from the lips of Evgeny Prigozhin. Yes, and the military rebellion itself, which was begun by decision of the head of the PMC "Wagner", shook faith in the monolithic of the Russian power pyramid.

And the same Andrei Gurulev posted in his telegram channel the appeal of Ivan Popov, in which, among other things, there are detailed explanations of the reasons for removing him from office.

“There was a difficult situation with the senior authorities, when it was necessary to either be silent and smalled, and say what they wanted to hear, or call a spade a spade,

- described the events of Popov, addressing his subordinates, whom he called "gladiators." - I, in the name of you, in the name of our dead friends, had no right to lie. Therefore, he outlined all the problematic issues that exist today in the army. For combat work, to ensure. He called everything a spade of his names. He focused on the most important tragedy of the modern war. This is the lack of counter -battery struggle, the absence of artillery intelligence stations and mass deaths and the injury of our brothers from the enemy artillery with you. He also raised a number of other problems. He expressed this at the highest level frankly, extremely tough. In this regard, the senior chiefs, apparently, felt in me some danger and rapidly in one day of the light concerned the order of the Minister of Defense and got rid of me. ” At the same time, Popov calls himself according to the call sign - “Spartak”.

According to the general, many commanders of the regiments and divisions believe that the 58th Army was treacherously and meanly beheaded at the most difficult moment.

There was a appeal for this - but not Popov, but to the posted audio Gurulev. The Vice Speaker of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation Andrei Turchak made a statement that General Popov’s appeal was non-public and was located in closed chats of commanders and fighters of the 58th Army.

“The fact that the“ deputy ”Gurulev somehow received him and made a political show from this, let him remain on his conscience,” wrote the vice speaker. - Like his other statements and comments. And the conscience of Ivan is pure. With such commanders, the homeland can be proud of. The army was and remains outside of politics. ” Perhaps Turchak is unknown that Andrei Gurulev himself headed the 58th Army and the deputy had an extensive circle of dating there.

And in the 58th Army, Lieutenant General Tsokova was killed

Russian telegram channels reported that Tsovkov was killed as a result of a stroke of Storm Shadow winged missiles on a reserve command post of the 58th Army in the area of ​​Berdyansk occupied by Russia.

Interestingly, in 2010, the Novosibirsk garrison military court issued a conviction in the case of fraud and abuse of powers. The regional portal of Novosibirsk reported that the military was accused of a scam with a transfer to the contract service of 11 soldiers soldiers, as a result of which the colncases assigned himself 80 thousand rubles from the allowances allocated for them.

But the same Gurulev called Oleg Tsokov “a man deserving enormous respect” and said that the deceased general enjoyed “crazy authority” in the armed forces. “This is a person who was in such troubles that few people dreamed,” Gurulev said on the air of Russian television. - Last year he was extremely seriously wounded, he was barely pulled out. In fact, he could not go to the front for health reasons today, he could have been written off. He said: "No guys, I will be there" - and again went to fight. "

People break

“The words of Popov are close and understandable to most of the Russian military at zero (on the forefront),” a source in the army of the Russian Federation tells the “New-Europe”. -Literally on all sections of the front, the personnel suffers losses due to the lack of ammunition and the lack of artillery support. From the beginning of their offensive, Ukrainians are systematically destroying our guns, MLRS and mortar batteries. They have an order of magnitude better intelligence and there is a high -precision long -range weapon. If this goes further, we will soon have nothing to fight back. It is strange that Gerasimov and Shoigu do not give a damn about it. ”

The interlocutor of Novo-Europe also confirmed that the units located on the combat contact line are practically not rotten for a long time. Soldiers and officers in the Zaporizhzhya direction, where the positions of the 58th Army are located, were not sent to rest for several months.

“Commanders think that it is dangerous to display the sheated units, replacing them with fresh formations at the time of the enemy offensive,

- explains the source. - The first days after entering the position of the unit are most vulnerable to enemy attacks. Moreover, all holes at the front are plugged with “mobiles” ( mobilized. - Approx. Ed. ), Many of which surrender or “five hundredth” ( refuse to fight, desert. - approx. Ed. ). Other reserves, apparently, are protected in case the Armed Forces trample on large -scale attacks. But any, even the most experienced soldier has the limit of opportunities. At some point, people begin to break-a sense of fear is lost, unhealthy rejection comes. Or a person does not see the point of fighting and fulfilling orders. Anyway, further “front” will not be sent further. If there will be a critical amount of such “zombies” in the parts, then the enemy will break through and the defense will spy. ”

The interlocutor of Novo-Europe is sure that the scandal with the removal of Ivan Popov will be launched on the brakes. But the very fact of the general’s story that the Higher Army Command does not listen to the problems of subordinates can cause discontent in the frontal units exhausted by military operations. “The removal of Popov at the moment when Ukrainians daily conduct attacks by our fortified areas will become the reason for fermentation in the 58th Army,” the Russian military communicated with us said. - In addition, other commanders see the situation on the front line. Including generals. So far, to report to the very top, bypassing the hierarchical pyramid, they are afraid. But when the situation is even more deteriorating, you will have to somehow convey about this to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. If the General Staff does not urgently take global actions to improve the situation in military units, mass discontent and protests among the officers may begin. ”