... and that is he's trying to get the people under #Shoigu and the senior #generals to attempt a coup of the military leadership and the #Ministry of #Defence .

He believes the senior leadership of the military and the defence staff are #political appointees and #incompetent #cowards. Getting the people under them to rise up and throw them out might seem like a way to get the #war in #Ukraine back on track?

Or perhaps he really has #soured on the war, and it is a #coup attempt.