🇷🇺Former leader of Donbas Russian separatists and so-called “SVO” veteran Pavel Gubarev has responded to Vladimir Putin’s statements about the powerful advance of the Russian army in Ukraine:
🔻 “In the President’s report it was stated that the Russian army is attacking along the entire front line and there is no place where our armed forces are not attacking.”
🔻 “My sources from the front unanimously report that we have not carried out any major attacks for a long time. Moreover, on many sections of the front we are forced to retreat.”
🔻 “Such ignorance by the country’s leadership of the real situation on the front is caused by total systemic lying, when information reflecting reality does not reach the upper echelons. And if someone brave enough appears to oppose this, they will share the fate of General Popov.”
This is an unusually blunt and harsh criticism coming from a prominent pro-Russian voice. Gubarev directly contradicts Putin’s claims and accuses the Kremlin leadership of living in a bubble of systemic deception, where truthful information from the front is suppressed. The reference to General Popov (who was arrested after public criticism) underscores the dangerous consequences of speaking honestly within the current Russian system.
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