A U.S. think tank assessed this week that the Kremlin was acknowledging Russian defeats in Ukraine to shift blame away from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Furthermore, the blame Kremlin sources are shifting away from Putin is being directed at"underinformed military advisors within Putin's circle," according to the ISW.
"One member of the Kremlin's Council for Interethnic Relations, Bogdan Bezpalko, even stated that military officials who had failed to see the concentration of Ukrainian troops and equipment and disregarded Telegram channels that warned of the imminent Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kharkiv Oblast should have their heads 'lying on Putin's desk,'" the think tank wrote.
Now, experts are offering varying opinions on whether this purported effort to shift blame away from Putin means that the Kremlin is making the Russian defense ministry into a scapegoat for the war losses in Ukraine. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu smiles while visiting the International Anti-Fascist Congress 2022, hosted by Russia's defense ministry at the Army 2022 Forum, on August 20 in Patriot Park, outside of Moscow. Experts are offering varying opinions on whether a purported effort to shift blame for recent Russian losses in Ukraine away from President Vladimir Putin means that the Kremlin is making the Russian defense ministry into a scapegoat.
Putin chose Shoigu as his defense minister in 2012 despite him having no military background or combat experience. An intelligence
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