‘The place is Vladimir Putin?’, Russian ex-commander says: ‘He’s an Egyptian mummy' | World News

Former commander of separatist forces in Ukraine's Donbas area Igor Girkin condemned Russian president Vladimir Putin evaluating him to an Egyptian mummy. Igor Girkin, also referred to as Strelkov, who rose to prominence after 2014, has repeatedly condemns the Russian navy and Putin for the way they're conducting Ukraine's invasion.

In a video tweeted by Ukrainian inner affairs adviser, Anton Gerashchenko, Igor Girkin appeared to learn out a query about whether or not the Russian president was in a position to “break his promise to not kill Zelensky.”

Smirking, the blogger mentioned that "primarily based on Putin's conduct, the query that I've is, is there Putin in any respect?"

“How is it doable, the supreme-commander-in-chief withdrew himself from the conflict? Folks from his internal circle are overtly combating amongst themselves and undermining the soundness of the entrance with their actions, however he doesn't react in any approach,” Igor Girkin mentioned.

"And the place is he anyway?" he requested, saying that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at all times insists "that one thing is being reported to him."

“Effectively, you too can report back to mummies,” he added saying "a mummy lies" and "the mum is silent," concluding that "the end result is evident."

"That is what the conduct of the supreme commander-in-chief seems like in our nation," he mentioned.

This comes as Vladimir Putin mentioned that Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive had began however Kyiv “didn't attain their goals in any space of fight”. In the meantime, Ukraine's forces mentioned that they'd made advances on components of the frontline close to Bakhmut.