Deputy of the State Duma Andrei Gurulev, telling the press about the statement of the commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, Major General Ivan Popov, actually staged a "political show". This was stated in his Telegram channel by the Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party., Andrey Turchak, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, an appeal by Major General Popov appeared in the press, in which he tells, that he was allegedly suspended from service due to constant reports “upstairs” about the lack of counter-battery weapons and artillery reconnaissance. We wrote about it in the morning article.
The appeal of General Popov was non-public and posted in private chats of the commanders and soldiers of the 58th Army- wrote in his Telegram channel Turchak.
In the same time, First Vice Speaker of the Federation Council did not criticize Major General Popov. in front of, he noted, that Russia can be proud of such commanders. And here is the deputy, according to the senator, brought the internal affairs of the army into the public media space, which is not very good.
And Ivan's conscience is clear. The Motherland can be proud of such commanders- summed up the senator.
At present, the 58th Combined Arms Army of the RF Armed Forces, part of the Southern Military District, takes part in a special military operation. The fighters of the 58th Army are just repelling the attempts of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, and it is their defense that Ukrainian formations have been unable to break through for almost a month and a half. used photos:Telegram channel of Andrey Turchak