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President Putin demotes 'General Armageddon' , publicly humiliates deputy PM for 'fooling around'
General Sergei Surovikin, who earned the fearsome nickname 'General Armageddon' for employing brutal tactics during Russia's intervention in Syria, was named as Russia's overall military commander on October 8. Putin on Wednesday replaced Surovikin with General Valery Gerasimov, Russia's chief of the general staff who was seen by many as the top architect of the invasion.
Russia's rocket specialist becomes 4th key defence official to die in 3 weeks
Kamnev, 85, was the scientific director of the Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defence Concern and the expert who developed deadly Kalibr missiles deployed by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, Daily Mail reported. He was responsible for more than 20 weapons inventions and co-author of over 300 scientific and technical reports.
Russian claim of killing 600 Ukrainian soldiers rejected by Kiev as 'propaganda'
Russia claimed the toll without providing any evidence and said the "mass missile strike" in Kramatorsk was in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack at a college for conscripts in Makiivka (Donetsk region) that killed at least 89 Russian soldiers on New Year's Day.
Race to overthrow Vladimir Putin has begun, claims Russian war analyst
"The fight for the political Olympus has begun between the groupings that surround Putin," Strelkov said, Daily Mail reported. Strelkov -- a former FSB colonel key to Putin's annexation of Crimea and subjugation of the Donetsk region of Ukraine in 2014 -- is now a staunch critic of the Kremlin's war strategy.
Putin's new warship to deter NATO with deadly hypersonic missiles
Zircon, the hypersonic cruise missile designed to destroy sea and ground targets, has been undergoing extensive testing in the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia over the past year. As the Russian Navy goes ahead with its ultimate goal of equipping the country's warships and submarines with Zircon (also spelled as 3M22 Tsirkon), Admiral Gorshkov, one of the most modern ships of its Northern Fleet, is the first to go on combat duty with the formidable weapons aboard. The frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, Gorshkov is one of the most modern ships of the Russian Navy.
Russia suffers deadliest day of war after Ukraine strike during Vladimir Putin's speech
Hundreds of mobilised troops reportedly died in the Ukrainian strike on a barracks in the Donbas region just before the clock struck midnight. The deadly strike was 115 miles from where Putin "pre-recorded" his New Year's message with dozens of troops in Russia's Rostov region, The Sun UK reported.
Putin has built a power structure that only tells him what he wants to hear
For months, he struggled to come to terms with what instead became a costly quagmire, and found himself isolated and distrustful at the pinnacle of a power structure designed to reinforce his belligerent worldview and shelter him from discouraging news, media reports said. Through the summer, delegations of military experts and arms manufacturers emerged from presidential meetings questioning whether Putin understood the reality on the battleground, according to people familiar with the situation, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Over 74% of Russians approve of Putin: Poll
The survey conducted by the government-owned research centre VTSIOM found that 78.1 per cent of the respondents trusted Putin.According to the results, 59.6 per cent of the polled trusted Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, while 37.3 per cent supported the country's ruling United Russia party.
Russia to continue to strengthen armed forces: Putin
"Today, our goal is to implement the entire scope of necessary measures to achieve a qualitative renewal and improvement of the armed forces," Putin added on Wednesday at an expanded meeting of the Russian Defence Ministry Board.He ordered the military to maintain and improve the combat readiness of the nuclear triad.
Either we win, or the world will be destroyed: President Putin ally
"There are two possibilities. First, it will end when we win (and) at that moment. It's not too easy though. And the second possibility is that this fight will end with the end of the world. Whether we win, or the world will be destroyed," Alexander Dugin, also widely acknowledged as Putin's guru or 'Putin's Brain', said.
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