Ukraine defeated the Russian army in the Kharkiv region. And this creates both a military and a political headache for Vladimir Putin.. Kremlin Efforts to Create a Vibrant War Propaganda Narrative Are Falling Apart. Because popular loyalist bloggers, think tanks, and even politicians are starting to ask nasty questions about defeat on the front lines..

Politico writes about it. So far, this malice is aimed exclusively at the high-ranking military command. But Putin still needs to tread carefully in the face of such an unusual outburst of dissent.. If he does not respond to complaints against his commanders, the pressure on the autocratic regime itself may increase.. On Sunday, the authoritarian leader of Chechnya blamed the military command in Moscow for "

“If the strategy of conducting a special operation is not changed today or tomorrow, I will have to turn to the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, to the leadership of the country for clarification about the real situation on the ground,” Ramzan Kadyrov said via his Telegram channel..

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His own soldiers have a terrible reputation. Ukraine accuses them of war crimes committed in Bucha at the beginning of the year. Also, the Kadyrovites are filming staged videos for the TikTok social network to advertise their fake heroism.. But Politico writes that Kadyrov is still important because he is personally loyal to Putin and has demonstrated a desire to send forces to war.. He is a figure of the highest level, who openly criticized the authorities in the country. But he's not the only one.

Kremlin-linked political scientist and former United Russia MP Sergei Markov lashed out at Saturday's Moscow Day celebrations, during which Putin inaugurated a new Ferris wheel amid fireworks.. And it looked surreal, given that at the same time, news of Ukrainian victories was quickly spreading..

" It's like a holiday during the plague. Obviously, the Moscow authorities did not want to cancel it, so as not to sow panic. But the president’s involvement speaks even more about the president’s confusion,” said Markov, who has vehemently supported the war against Ukraine in Donbas for years..

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He added that the Moscow authorities should have canceled the fireworks display on the " At the same time, Markov pointed to the potential damage to Putin's reputation in the eyes of the electorate..

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Kremlin-supporting Just Russia party leader Sergei Mironov cautiously joins criticism of the holiday in Moscow. He called on the authorities of the capital to "

“This would be an expression of respect for those who on this day, with weapons in their hands, risking their lives, defend all of Russia, all its inhabitants thousands of kilometers from home,” Mironov said..

Meanwhile, numerous Russian military bloggers began to criticize the Russian Ministry of Defense for its absurd information tactics.. The Ministry refused to comment on the situation in the Kharkiv region in the first days after the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Bloggers heavily criticized the Russian authorities for failing to organize a proper exit from the Kharkiv region for those residents who supported the Russian occupation if they wanted to move to Russia before Ukrainian troops arrived..

Political analyst Aleksey Chadayev, who is loyal to the Kremlin, is convinced that the Russian army “as a whole, as a structure, in its current form, to put it mildly, is not very suitable for modern warfare.”.

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“The key defect lies not in the inability to gather manpower, support, weapons, and not even in command as such, but in the level of strategic thinking, the quality of understanding the rhythm and logic of confrontation,” said Chadayev, commenting on the Russian defeat in the Kharkiv region.

He added that the latest defeat of the Russian troops " After all, it was there that the German army launched Operation Fredericus, inflicting a crushing defeat on the Soviet troops, who were surrounded. Losses amounted to about a quarter of a million killed and wounded..

" There is no third. Let's decide. But if you ask me, I am for fighting,” Chadayev said..