The short-lived mutiny launched in late June by the Wagner Group and the relentless criticism of the Russian Ministry of Defence by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have emboldened some of Russia’s officers.
Michael Clarke, Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, noted how the Kremlin is still reeling from the Wagner Group’s attempted coup, as consequences continue to emerge.
Most notably, he said, “seeing Prigozhin get clean away with what to most Russian commanders looked like an attempted coup, seems to have created open season on officers’ critiques of the command structure”.
Major General Ivan Popov, who led the 58th Combined Arms troops fighting near Zaporizhzhia, claimed in mid-July to have been fired from his post after telling Moscow’s military leadership “the truth” about the situation on the Ukrainian front.
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