In Moscow it is argued that he will take Shoigu’s place at the defense summit. And Aleksey Dyumin appeared via video yesterday inspecting the training of a battalion destined for the Ukrainian front. Dyumin, now the governor of Tula, skillfully moves between mortars and soldiers: he is a career officer who has arrived at the head of the GRU military 007. He commanded Kremlin security, hence the nickname “Putin’s bodyguard,” and then led Russian covert operations to occupy Crimea in 2014. In 2015, he achieved a double promotion within months, eventually becoming deputy secretary of defense. In 2016, fearing his popularity in the army, the president installed him at the head of the Tula region and removed him from the capital. He got the message and stayed put without causing any problems. Now he is credited with the role of mediator to halt the advance of Prigozhin, with which he has long been associated, and possible rise to the top of the Russian war machine. So much so that this video was also broadcast by some state television stations. THE ARTICLE Ukraine War – Russia Breaking News. Russian media “Prigozhin is still under investigation”
by Gianluca DiFeo