Russian normal mentioned he had been dismissed as a commander after telling Vladimir Putin’s navy management in regards to the dire state of affairs on the entrance in Ukraine.

Major General Ivan Popov, who commanded the 58th Combined Arms Army, accused Moscow’s defence prime brass of stabbing Russian troopers within the again by a string of failures within the invasion of Ukraine.

He mentioned in a voice message revealed by Russian lawmaker Andrei Gurulyov that he had been dismissed.

There was no fast remark from the Defence Ministry in Moscow and the voice message couldn't be independently verified.

Gurulyov is a hardline former military commander who recurrently seems on state tv.

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"There was a tough situation with the senior bosses in which it was necessary either to keep quiet and be a coward or to say it the way it is," Popov mentioned.

"I had no right to lie in the name of you, in the name of my fallen comrades in arms, so I outlined all the problems which exist."

He mentioned he raised the deaths of Russian troopers from Ukrainian artillery and mentioned the military lacked correct counter battery programs and reconnaissance of enemy.

"The senior chiefs apparently sensed some kind of danger from me and quickly concocted an order from the defence minister in just one day and got rid of me,” Popov added.

"The Ukrainian military couldn't break via our ranks on the entrance however our senior chief hit us from the rear, viciously beheading the military on the most tough and intense second.”

British defence chiefs prompt on Wednesday that there was rising proof which pointed to senior Russian normal Sergei Surovikin, who reportedly has shut hyperlinks to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, had been “sidelined” after the failed mutiny by the mercenary group.

In its intelligence replace, the MoD in London mentioned: “On 10 July 2023, Russian Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov made his first TV appearance since the abortive Wagner mutiny of 24 June 2023.

“Gerasimov was seen being briefed by video link by Russian Aerospace Forces Chief of Staff Colonel-General Viktor Afzalov. Afzalov has been in post for at least four years, but this is probably his first public appearance with Gerasimov.”

The briefing added: “Afzalov is deputy to Commander-in-Chief Russian Aerospace Forces, General Sergei Surovikin. Afzalov’s increased public profile, while Surovikin’s whereabouts remains unclear, adds further weight to the hypothesis that Surovikin has been sidelined following the mutiny.”

Ukrainian forces had been reported to be making restricted features of their counter-offensive within the east of the nation.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned no less than one particular person was killed at present in a 3rd successive night time of Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capital.

Air defences shot down 20 drones launched by Russia to assault Kyiv and the encompassing area, in addition to two Kalibr missiles in different components of the nation, the air pressure mentioned.

But falling particles from the downed drones prompted fires within the capital, and a physique was recovered within the historic Podil district, in keeping with civic chiefs.

“This night time, Russian terrorists once more resorted to a mass assault. The enemy attacked the Kyiv area with drones and missiles. The air alert lasted greater than three hours," Ruslan Kravchenko, the governor of the Kyiv area, mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

A Kalibr missile and several other drones had been shot down within the Mykolayiv area in southern Ukraine, however a college and about 10 non-public homes had been broken by falling particles, President Volodymyr Zelensky's workplace mentioned.