Russia is running out of MISSILES and other equipment, and the GENERALS are blaming each other for the FIASCO before the PURGE!!!

Vladimir Putin could be running out of missiles and the equipment necessary to continue waging war in Ukraine - and his generals are now blaming each other amid fears of being 'purged' for the failed invasion.

But after 10 weeks of fighting, however, he said the rate at which Russian forces were using missiles and other armaments meant Putin was engaged in a 'logistics war' to keep them supplied.

'He potentially has a problem, because the rate of expenditure and the toughness of the fight is totally different to the one that he perceived on February 24,' Admiral Radakin said.

'We're talking severe impact on their armed forces. We've had 25% of their forces effectively being taken out – either through people being killed or through the damage to their battalion tactical groups.'

And Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said during a visit to Finland that Russian generals were 'turning in on themselves' because of their failure to secure victory in Ukraine.

Mr Wallace said the country's top officers were scapegoats for Putin's failed invasion and are now blaming one another for the 'disaster' as they fear being purged if the 'quagmire' turns into a retreat.



When asked about if General Valery Gerasimov, chief of Russia's general staff who went to the frontline last month, had been sent to Ukraine to be a 'fall guy' for the failure, Mr Wallace said: 'They're all in fall guy territory. Be careful if you're out in sole command of something in the Russian system, because it may not be for long.

'There is a point of tension in the system. As much as they respect the former KGB man [Putin] for being a strong leader, the Russian general staff are going to be made scapegoats for his mess.'

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