Russia's 'shortcomings' clearly seen in Ukraine, Moscow politician admits

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Russia's 'shortcomings' clearly seen in Ukraine, Moscow politician admits
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Some Russian pundits are beginning to question the Kremlin's ability to defend itself against NATO.

In the main photo, people stand near a Ukraine flag and look out over the war-ravaged nation. Russian pundits have started to question the Kremlin, inset, in its strategy, referring to some of the decisions as"shortcomings".Solovyov praised the troops fighting in the Russian military, but questions of Russian society were doing enough to ensure the troops succeed on the battlefield.

"Can our army, in its current state, with its current numbers of people and with our military-industrial complex, fulfill its goals—which are not about the war against Ukraine, which does not exist—but against NATO?" Solovyov asked. Later in the clip, State Duma deputy Andrey Gurulyov, a former leader in the Russian military who has formerly supported the threat of nuclear war against NATO according to aGurulyov criticized Russia's approach to the war rather than the soldiers fighting on the front lines.Gurulyov expressed doubts about how Russia could respond if NATO were to continue its support of Ukraine or become more involved in the war.

"All of us understand very well that we are fighting against NATO, we've discussed it on many occasions," Gurulyov said."I am asked: 'Can we defeat NATO?' If you use math and calculate the correlation of forces and means, in the best-case scenario, we can merely defend ourselves." Gurulyov's stance on nuclear war seems to have changed drastically. In June, the pundit and Putin ally appeared on Russian TV show"Vremya Pakazhet

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