T14 Armata
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Siku zote nasema Shoigu sio mtu mzuri kivile kwa jeshi na nchi bali kwa Putin. Shoigu sio brilliant kivile wala hana maajabu ila ni very loyal na hana political ambitions.Russian general 'missing' since Wagner Group rebellion
A top Russian general who reportedly had advanced knowledge of the Wagner rebellion has not been seen since the armed mutiny unfolded on Saturday.
Sergei "Armageddon" Surovikin is second-in-command of the Russian army and has known links to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.
He was replaced as the top commander earlier this year but retained influence in running war operations.
Russian Telegram channel Rybar has suggested he is being held under interrogation.
"Surovikin has not been seen since Saturday - it is not known for certain where General Armageddon is located. There is a version that he is under interrogation," it reported.
US intelligence had previously said Mr Surovikin knew about Prigozhin's plans to rebel against Russia's military leadership, according to the New York Times.
"We said yesterday keep an eye on him because he must be having a fairly difficult time," our defence and security analyst Michael Clarke said.
"What happens to this man will be very interesting. He hasn't appeared since he made a statement on Saturday urging the Wagner people to go back to the units and behave themselves."
Before launching the mutiny, Prigozhin had raged against both Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, and Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff, blaming them for failures in Ukraine and the army's lack of support for Wagner fighters.
Mr Gerasimov has also not been since Saturday, Clarke added, and neither has Russia's deputy security council chief Dmitry Medvedev.
Mr Medvedev's personal aircraft went to Oman over the weekend and hasn't come back, he said.
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Putin ameanza safisha safisha ?....
Vyovyote iwavyo Putin ataendelea kutawala kwa hofu ya kuzuka uasi mwingine, hatopata utulivu na kutawala kwa amani tena.
Russia is a mafia state....
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Maofisa wengi jeshini hawamkubali, anaonekana kama sera zake yeye na Chief of General Staff General Gerasimov ni mbovu na wao wanaona wangekuwepo kamanda na waziri mwingine hii vita ingeisha mapema.
General Surovikin ndio anayetajwa na wasiowapenda Shoigu & Gerasimov kama mrithi sahihi wa kuongoza jeshi ila Surovikin inaonekana sio ndio mzee wala mtu wa kisiasa ingawa kijeshi ni mzuri sana. Kumbuka kipindi amepewa kuongoza operation alifanya mabadiliko makubwa na akaanza kutoa taarifa za kweli hata kama zinaumiza.
Surovikin sijui labda alichukia kuondolewa bila sababu za msingi bali siasa za Shoigu na Gerasimov, huyu wa mwisho muda wake wa kustaafu umefika nadhani. Shoigu is very loyal, that's enough kwa siasa za Russia kwa cheo alichonacho, kuwa na uwezo mkubwa sio kipaumbele. Kawa Waziri serikali za Putin kwa miaka kama 30 sasa, Putin anamjua vizuri na labda anamuamini sana. Uaminifu wa Shoigu ni tangu mgogoro wa 1991 na ule wa 1993 akiwa wizara ya dharura chini ya Rais Yeltsin. Putin akaja mbeba pia.
Mambo bado hayajapoa. Shoigu mwenyewe kipindi maasi ya Wagner yanatokea inasemekana alikuwa Rostov on Don kwenye ile HQ na members wa MoD kuratibu kuivunja Wagner mpaka tarehe 1 mwezi ujao kama mwenyewe alivyotangaza. Mambo yaliyochanganya akarudi Moscow na team yake, ila alipofika kwanza akawekwa sehemu na FSB kiusalama. Baadae ndio alitoka, so hatuwezi jua labda Surovikin ataonekana baadae.
Ila ninachoamini Gerasimov na Shoigu hawampendi Surovikin, naye anajua hilo nao wanajua hawapendi. Either kuna kusagiana kunguni au fitna. Surovikin anakubalika na Prigozhin, Kadyrov, hardliners na nationalist. Tabia ya kulea factions imeharibu utengamano, wakati Prigozhin anamdiss Shoigu serikali ikalea huo mchezo kuwepo ushindani baina yao wasipange moja dhidi yake. Kumbe imetengeneza kama factions na kupooza fulani kwenye jeshi response ya siku ya tukio ilikuwa ndogo.