There is an ongoing conflict in the military and political leadership of Russia.

In particular, this is evidenced by the statement of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Serhiy Shoigu, about the "successes" of the country's armed forces in Donetsk region and his silence on the participation in the battles of the mercenaries of the "Wagner" PMC.

This was reported by the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Thus, the Russian mass propaganda media informed that at the conference call, Shoigu announced the complete

control by the Russian army over the settlements of Soledar, Klishchiivka, Krasnopillya

, Blagodatne, Mykolaivka in Donetsk region and Pidhirne, Lobkovo in Zaporizhzhia.

The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also mentioned the 

seemingly successful development of hostilities near Bakhmut and Vugledar

.

At the same time, he emphasized that all "gains" are the result of the actions of the Russian armed forces.

Ukrainian intelligence drew attention to the fact that Shoigu deliberately

did not mention the fact that in all the areas named by him, it is the members of the "Wagner" PMC who take an active part in the battles,

and the regular Russian army has only an episodic role of support forces. 

"This information is hushed up by the Russian propaganda media, which indicates the continuation of the conflict among the military and political leadership of the Russian Federation," explained the GUR of the Ministry of Defense.

They also reminded that Ukrainian troops were withdrawn from Soledar on January 25, and the alleged seizure of other settlements by the enemy is currently not confirmed.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue protection in each of the mentioned areas.

We will remind, in mid-January, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov, reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin was afraid of the influence of the owner of PVK "Wagner" Evgeny Prigozhin and the leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, so he decided to remove them from all channels, which were given instructions to support the Russian armed forces .

On February 7, analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War also reported that the Kremlin is afraid of Prigozhin's influence, which is why he continues to be denied legitimacy and power in Russia. 

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