Russian public television broadcast footage of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspecting Russian forces in Ukraine on Monday, his first public appearance after the failed rebellion by the Wagner paramilitary group.
According to excerpts provided by the Ministry of Defense and broadcast by the Rossia 24 television channel, Sergei Shoigu, fiercely criticized by the head of Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin, went to a command post of the Russian forces in Ukraine and there “held a meeting with the bosses”. of one of the units.
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During this meeting, the minister in particular “highlighted great efficiency in the detection and destruction” of “enemy’s” weapons systems and soldiers, the Defense Ministry said in a press release.
In the television footage, we see Sergei Shoigu listening, with a sober and calm air, to a report presented by General Yevgeny Nikiforov, commander of the Zapad (“West”) military group in the area of the Russian operation in Ukraine, studying geographical maps or take a helicopter ride to inspect the Russian positions.
Wagner’s leader, Evgeny Prigokhine, the author of a failed mutiny that lasted 24 hours since Friday night, had promised to “liberate the Russian people” targeting in particular his two sworn enemies, Minister Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valeri Guérassimov, whom he accuses of having sacrificed thousands of men in the Ukraine.
Source: BFM TV
