Russia's daily losses on the war front have caused Vladimir Putin's displeasure. As reported in a Twitter post by investigative journalist Gristo Grozev, citing independent sources of information, the Russian security service FSB (successor to the KGB) has arrested the deputy director of the Russian National Guard, Roman Gavrilov.
"Three independent sources report that General Roman Gavrilov, the deputy head of the Russian National Guard (part of the internal army of the Russian Federation, which suffered huge losses in Ukraine), was arrested by the FSB. Gavrilov also previously worked in the Presidential Guard, i.e. in Putin's personal security," Grozev points out."
At the moment the reasons for Gavrilov's arrest have not been disclosed however according to some sources the Russian officer that he was arrested for "leaking military information, resulting in the loss of lives". At the same time two other sources note that Gavrilov made "wasteful use of fuel", resulting in many Russian tanks being "left in the middle of the road" out of fuel, as several videos of Ukrainian forces have shown."
"While it is difficult to guess exactly what the purge/redeployment at the top of the security forces will lead to, one thing is clear: Putin undoubtedly recognizes the crisis this operation is going through. It is so deep that he is changing generals in wartime - not a good practice at all," the journalist further comments."
However, Russian media report that Gavrilov was dismissed for unknown reasons by the director of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation Viktor Zolotov.
Source: protothema.gr
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