The Russian army suffered consecutive defeats and failed to defeat the Ukrainian army. The top leaders began to have internal strife again, and the leaders of the two major legions attacked collectively.
Kadrov Once again severely criticized General Lapin, the commander of the Central Military Region of the Russian Federation, and highly praised Wagner's mercenary leader Prigozin. Prigozin is even more courageous and directly criticized Putin . As Putin's personal soldiers, are their loyalties all acting?
Kadrov complained: "I have been trying to contact the general in the past few days to discuss the position defense issue, but my subordinates cannot find him. Shouldn't the commander keep in touch with his comrades in his position?"
Kadrov believes that the flattened troops repeat the history of the collapse of the Chongliman defense line. He also said that the Pinning should be responsible for the Ukrainian army's breakthrough in the settlements of Terny, Tolsk and Yambolifka, and the Ukrainian army crossed the Pinning garrison without any effort. In order to help stop the enemy from advancing, he decided to deploy the defensive forces of Rubiezine City forward and transfer a reinforcement battalion.
While criticizing the flattening, Kadyrov also praised the boss of Wagner's mercenary Prigozin. When the Ukrainian army occupied the Chongliman, Kadyrov and Prigozin crossed Putin together, teaching the senior Russian army equals the lesson, causing serious internal strife.
Prigozin was also very dissatisfied with the recent performance of the Russian army, and even criticized Putin for this. Some media believe that in the context of the Russian army's continuous mistakes and losses on the battlefield, Prigozin's influence is growing, while Putin's authority may be declining. Russian opposition politician Ponomajov believes that a group has emerged within Russia that wants to abolish the military leadership of the Russian Federation.
As the war develops, the Chechen troops and Wagner mercenaries are growing. Kadyrov was still a lieutenant general before the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. After staying in Ukraine for less than half a year, he quickly became promoted to general and had more and more soldiers under his command. Tens of thousands of Chechnya soldiers were already fighting on the front line, and Kadyrov recruited another 70,000 people to be put into the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.
htmlFor more than 0 years, Putin has given Chechnya special preferential treatment, asking for money and weapons. Chechnya has developed into a powerful local military force, equivalent to a small country. These huge numbers of Chechen soldiers are not much different from Russian professional soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of regular soldiers, but they are not loyal to Putin, but Kadyrov himself.Once the war is over, Russia will be severely damaged and its control over Chechnya is likely to weaken. At that time, can we expect the Chechen soldiers to put down their weapons and disband the army and go home to farm?
Chechen soldiers soared, while Wagner's mercenaries were also expanding. Prigozin is recruiting prisoners and promises to give them a commutation of sentences or repay debts as long as they are willing to follow Wagner's mercenaries to the Ukrainian battlefield.
These prisoners who joined Wagner can receive commissions of 100,000 rubles ($1,628) to 200,000 rubles ($3,256) per month, which is more than the salary of ordinary Russian soldiers.
Russian law originally did not allow the release of prisoners in exchange for military service or mercenary services, but the Russian military front line was too short of people, and it was still more than 70,000 people short of Putin's 300,000 recruitment target. Prigozin's recruitment of prisoners was also allowed. To date, he has recruited 20,000 prisoners in Russia, including many severe prisoners and other outlaws.
In addition to prisoners, Wagner's mercenaries also absorbed a large number of former Afghan special forces. These people were trained by the US military that year. Their joining further improved Wagner's overall strength and his confidence in speaking became stronger.
Kadrov's Chechnya and Prigozin's Wagner mercenaries were both Putin's personal soldiers and had vowed to be loyal to him to death, but these two leaders have been really restless recently and have frequent clashes with other top leaders of the Russian army.At present, the current situation of the Russian side is not optimistic. After the large-scale bombing of Ukraine, the Russian army's missile will soon bottom out. The drone purchased from Iran was also exploded by the Ukrainian army. The US military and other NATO troops were eyeing the surrounding area. Now is not the time for the Russian army to engage in internal friction. If the Chechnya and Wagner issues are not dealt with in time, Putin's backyard may have a fire.
