Shavlov Ivan's Post, 1d
A renowned Russian military officer, Colonel General Leonid Ivashov, sharply criticized the Russian leadership and assessed the 1,400 days of full-scale war
For many years, Ivashov served as Chairman of the All-Russian Officers' Assembly. He left this position on May 19, 2022.
📌"Before the start of the SVO, I issued a warning. And these nearly four years have demonstrated the merciless truth of my theses."
📌"We have no success at the operational-tactical level, and at the strategic level we have suffered defeat in ALL directions."
📌"ALL sectors of industry have collapsed."
📌“Science is in a critical state, and education is simply in disarray.”
📌"The judicial system is corrupt beyond belief. And all judges are appointed by the President... Let me remind you that 98% of major corrupt officials are members of the ruling United Russia party." 🇷🇺».
📌"The wild rise in prices is alarming; the people of Russia are becoming poorer before our eyes."
📌" #Medicine is being destroyed. ALL regions are cutting healthcare spending."
📌"The quality of food is getting worse, #palmoil** is everywhere, food in Russia is becoming toxic."
📌"The ONLY area where Russia is a leader is demography. We are leaders in EXTINCTION.
Even without war, war simply mows down men."
📌"Our leadership boasts that no one has weapons like ours. It would be more accurate to say that no one in the military steals as much as we do."
📌“The very fact that we find ourselves isolated, while permanent members of the UN Security Council make statements in support of Ukraine, is a huge defeat.
We only have North Korea and Belarus left (as allies), but they won't help us; they can only suck out our resources, and we ourselves will soon no longer have any ... I worked with the Chinese for many years, #China is not our ally, it’s a myth and propaganda (of the Kremlin)”
📌"Putin's #DirectLine speech was a jumbled mess. Everything seemed fine on screen, but everywhere you looked, there were failures. Putin is to blame for everything. He lives in his own world. A cult has been imposed. But he, due to his limitations, can't cope. Hence the failures in all spheres: from the economy to the military."
📌"A strategic defeat (in the war with Ukraine) will most likely lead to the collapse of Russia ❗».
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General Ivashov opposed the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine from the very beginning, in 2022, and urged Putin not to take such a catastrophic step. "This war will threaten Russia's very existence," Ivashov wrote at the time.
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