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Putin Ousts Shoigu As Russian Defense Minister

BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin will replace Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with former First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, the upper house of Russia's parliament, the Federation Council, said.

Huh, that's weird.

Here we have the incredible Russian army, steam-rolling everyone and certain to destroy NATO if ever confronted directly... firing their minister of defense?

I don't get it. According to many in this thread, things are going amazingly well for Russia right now, so why would they fire their minister of defense? That makes no sense to me. Why replace someone who has overseen such tremendous success?

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Posted by AGGIES

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Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:10 am to RuLSU

T’s & P’s for Shoigu and his family

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Posted by VolSquatch

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Posted on 5/13/24 at 10:30 am to RuLSU

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I don't get it. According to many in this thread, things are going amazingly well for Russia right now, so why would they fire their minister of defense? That makes no sense to me. Why replace someone who has overseen such tremendous success?

I think most realists can see that this hasn't gone well for Russia. I think most realists can also see that Russia would have steamrolled them by now without foreign aid.

I would like to see an argument that things are going well for Ukraine though. You know, two things can be true: Ukraine is starting to show cracks, and Russia has shown to be inept in conflicts where they don't have an overwhelming advantage.

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certain to destroy NATO

Obvious sarcasm there, but its funny since a lot of the most hardcore Ukraine supporters in this thread are certain Putin will march against a NATO country next if he conquers Ukraine.

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