Fired, interrogated, killed: Where are Putin's generals?
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The Times
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🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Following the Wagner mutiny, it’s been a difficult few weeks for Vladimir Putin. He has detained, interrogated or fired a number of his top soldiers – including generals – as infighting and discontent weakens Russia’s military. So who’s in, who’s out, and what does it mean for the war in Ukraine?
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| 0:00.0 | It's not a great time to be a Russian general. |
| 0:08.3 | In the first few months of the war, they were getting killed at a rate not seen since World |
| 0:13.6 | War II. |
| 0:14.6 | The armed forces of Ukraine killed the Russian Major General Andrei Sukhovich. |
| 0:19.6 | He was shot down by his neighbor on 28th February. |
| 0:22.8 | Russian Major General Magma Toshayev killed doing an SBU Alpha Group M-10 in general Oleg Sokov |
| 0:29.2 | killed in a strike on either general Oleg Mityev is the latest to have reportedly been |
| 0:33.5 | Russian Major General Andrei Borisovich Kolesnikov killed in the hostility |
| 0:38.3 | Lieutenant General Andrei Nikolayevich. |
| 0:40.9 | He was allegedly killed in an air strike. |
| 0:43.4 | Russian Lieutenant General Yakov Vladimirovich Ukrainian sources report Major General Oleg |
| 0:50.0 | Uvich killed Uvich And now, even more Russian generals |
| 0:57.2 | seem to be in the firing line, but it's not just the Ukrainians who are gunning for them. |
| 1:03.2 | It's Putin himself. |
| 1:05.5 | Ever since the Wagner Mutiny a month ago, the mercenaries who turned on Moscow have gone |
| 1:11.6 | unpunished. |
| 1:13.6 | Instead, some of Putin's most senior generals are disappearing fast. |
| 1:20.4 | The Kremlin has refused to answer questions about the fate of one of the country's most |
| 1:25.1 | senior military commanders. |
| 1:27.4 | The general says he was relieved of duty because he is now telling the truth about what's |
| 1:31.8 | really happening. |
| 1:32.8 | There has been a lot of speculation over the past few days about what he's aware about. |
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