What Putin’s ultimatum to Shoigu means for the course of the war and the Russian armed forces
Vladimir Putin wants to end the Ukrainian counteroffensive by early October, according to an order and appointment he gave to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing a Kremlin source
ISW is a US-based think tank that monitors the war in Ukraine.
According to the Independent, the Russian president reportedly gave Shoigu a one-month deadline, until early October, “to improve the situation on the fronts, to stop Ukrainian counterattacks and for Russian forces to regain the initiative of an offensive operation against a major city ».
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu until October to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Institute for the Study of War reports, citing an insider source.
Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing an insider source pic.twitter.com/ic4TiBHrqz
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What does Putin’s ultimatum to Shoigu mean?
This move by Putin may indicate that from now on the Russian military command will “be able to order merciless counterattacks in the hope of forcing the Ukrainian counterattack to retreat, even at high cost to Russian military forces.”
Also, as the ISW report states, there have been cases in which the Russian Defense Ministry “fearing an imminent loss of favor with Putin, intensified its efforts to purge commanders who offered honest but negative views and advice on the war in Ukraine and pursued unattainable military targets at the expense of Russian forces”.
Source :Skai
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