Vladimir Putin’s guillotine never ends. Several Russian sources have reported that the Russian military leadership has fired General Vladimir Seliverstov, commander of the 106th Airborne Division. The Institute for the Study of War, a US think tank, said in its most recent assessment that the reason for Seliverstov’s sacking is currently unknown, but sources in Moscow speculated that it was “related to Seliverstov’s reputation for speaking on behalf of his soldiers. related”. »: In fact, Seliverstov became famous for his principled approach to protecting the interests of his subordinates. However, there is still no official confirmation of his departure, which also has a major impact on the war in Ukraine: the 106th Airborne Division has been deployed in the Bakhmut area since January.
The governor of the Tula region bordering Moscow, Alexei Dyumin, tried to defend Seliverstov. Seliverstov’s sacking, the Ny Post recalls, comes just days after Major General Ivan Popov was sacked for committing an insult against the Russian government: in an audio recording he raised questions about Ukraine’s high casualty rate and the lack of casualties on artillery support , which echoes the themes of some of the criticisms published by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, in the weeks leading up to last month’s mutiny. One problem after another for the Russian military.
