Top Putin ally says Ukraine war has been slower than expected

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

LONDON (Reuters) -One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies said that Russia's military operation in Ukraine had not all gone as quickly as the Kremlin had wanted, the strongest acknowledgement yet from Moscow that its invasion is not going to plan.

Viktor Zolotov, chief of Russia's national guard and a member of Putin's security council, said progress had been slower than expected, blaming what he called far-right Ukrainian forces hiding behind civilians.

"I would like to say that yes, not everything is going as fast as we would like," Zolotov said in comments posted on the National Guard's website.

"But we are going towards our goal step by step and victory will be for us."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-putin-ally-says-ukraine-104752571.html

[Walleye]

1. "Hiding behind civilians" no, dude, it's the civilians that are killing your soldiers

[lagomorph777]

4. Hah! True!

[uponit7771]

2. I didn't read about Trump saying anything like that 😁

[lagomorph777]

5. I figured it was gonna be a Trump quote, too.

[samsingh]

3. should we claim that stalinists are hiding behind russian civilians?