Putin consults with military commanders on Ukraine
2022.12.17 11:59
Putin consults with military commanders on Ukraine
Budrigannews.com – During a visit to the operation’s headquarters on Saturday, the Kremlin said that President Vladimir Putin had asked his armed forces commanders for suggestions on how they think Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine should proceed.
A progression of losses in 10 months of battling, bringing about Russian withdrawals from regions around the capital Kyiv and Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv and most as of late from the city of Kherson, have constrained Putin to hit up reservists and produced uncommon public analysis from military bloggers and a few partners.
Russian ground forces have focused more on defense than attack since Air Force General Sergei Surovikin was appointed to lead the campaign in October, while waves of air strikes on cities have left millions of Ukrainian civilians without heat, light, or water for days as winter sets in.
Putin presided over a meeting of around a dozen people at a circular table, flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, both of whom have been harshly criticized by hawkish commentators, according to video footage that was released by the Kremlin on Saturday.
After that, a picture of Putin at the head of another conference table at the joint task force headquarters was shown, and a row of military commanders were shown offering suggestions.
“I would like to hear your proposals on our immediate and medium-term actions,” Putin stated. “We will listen to the commanders in each operational direction.”
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On the Kremlin website, Surovikin was also captured in still photographs attending the meetings.
According to Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for Putin, the president spent all of Friday at the headquarters of the task force.
