According to a CNN report, Russian generals who criticized the Ministry of Defense may soon be revived at the forefront of war in Ukraine this week.
General Ivan Popov once commanded the Russian 58th Army, then ordered the Russian 58th Army in 2023, after blowing up Russian military leaders, was accused of fraud and detained. His lawyers and the Ministry of Defense called for him to take command of one of Russia’s infamous, boring boring.
“We have a move with the Ministry of Defense to pause the incident… following the positive decision to send Ivan to [Ukraine]According to Russian media, lawyer Sergei Bnovsky said.
Popov issued an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in March, asking his leaders to reinstate him to military service in order to suspend his criminal trial.
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Major General Ivan Popov, former commander of the Russian 58th Army, was arrested on suspicion of fraud, but attended a hearing at a military court in Moscow, Russia on May 27, 2024. (Reuters/Evgenia Novo Zenina)
Rebekah Koffler, former defence intelligence officer and author of Putin’s Playbook, says Putin may step in to ensure Putin is deployed in Ukraine.
“Putin places emphasis on cases that are routinely attracting attention, especially when the western media is involved,” Koffler told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
“Putin is unpredictable – he may decide to have the process run that course and have Popov put him in prison or send him to Ukrainian meat powder and serve the “Russian homeland.”
However, the allocation to prison separation is undoubtedly a death sentence, as Russian troops are routinely used to perform near-examination missions in the war with Ukraine, leading to a high casualty rate.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin reassigned Popov this week. (Photos of Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin pool)
“I have been exposed to unfair prosecutors,” Popov wrote in a letter to Putin. “I want to continue to destroy the enemy according to the oath I have taken.”
Popov’s lawyer, Sergei Bnovsky, told the Russian media that Popov “is grateful for the trust the president has placed on him.”
As commander of Russia’s 58th Army, Popov was responsible for the army of about 50,000 people. But he could quickly lead hundreds of possible numbers.
Ukrainian soldiers approached a destroyed Russian tank in Ijium, Ukraine on September 20, 2022. (Reuters/Gleb Galanich)
Head of the 58th Army, Popov gained popularity among frontline forces by repelling the Ukrainian counterattack, which relies heavily on tanks provided by NATO countries. He then blasted out the Russian commander-in-chief for allowing Ukraine’s first breakthrough.
“The Ukrainian army could not break through our army head on, [but] Our senior commander attacked us from the rear, betraying our troops in the most difficult and tense moments, and decapitating them so badly,” Popov said of Valerie Valerie Gerasimov, the Russian army at the time.
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Popov was soon reassigned to Syria, and fraud charges landed him in court. He denied fraud, retained many of Moscow’s allies and shared criticisms of Russian military leaders.
