Yevgeny Prigozhin has increasingly put himself at odds with the Russian military establishment, openly criticizing failures in Ukraine to boost his own profile.
Fox News' Steve Harrigan reports from Kyiv as Ukrainians brace for Russian forces ramping up attacks.and the chief of mercenary group Wagner threatens to undermine the mission in Ukraine and other conflicts. , president of Doctrine & Strategy Consulting and a former DIA intelligence officer, told Fox News Digital." Putin does not want to be upstaged by one of his minions, so to speak.
With the increasing reliance on his private forces, Prigozhin appeared to enjoy greater sway at home, but he may have too freely wielded his clout and alienated the Russian military command with whom he needed to collaborate. One of Prigozhin’s close associates compared the mercenary chief to"Icarus," who flew too close to the sun and got burned.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. Teplinsky spoke out after seeing heavy losses at the start of Gerasimov’s tenure, with one Ukrainian intelligence officer arguing that the new chief prefers to"throw paratroopers at the most dangerous flashpoints, and they really just get killed."
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