Top Russian commander turns on Putin and mocks dictator – 'Fight for real'

George Mihalcea

Vladimir Putin’s former top military commander has blasted the Russian ruler’s failures in the Ukraine war. Former Chief of the General Staff Yuri Baluyevsky said the dictator's weakness is putting the country’s future in peril. Baluyevsky, who is also the ex-deputy Defence Minister, said it was time for Putin to “start fighting for real” as he broke ranks with the dictator. “ Russia was the first to develop hypersonic weapons,” Baluyevsky said in a speech to Russia’s public chamber. “And what