According to The Guardian (UK), Defense Minister Russia Sergei Shoigu “re-appeared” on television for a few brief seconds on March 24, after the Western media stirred up because of his absence from the public for 12 consecutive days.
Specifically, The Guardian reported that General Shoigu appeared in an online conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and he was “sitting in the corner”.
Before that, Western media simultaneously made conjecture about the Russian Defense Minister not appearing in public for 12 consecutive days, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov as well. so.
There were even rumors that these two senior military officials were “penalized” because the Russian army did not advance quickly as planned, failed to capture control of important Ukrainian cities such as Kharkiv. or Kyiv and plunge Russia into economic isolation.
However, Agentstvo, an independent Russian news website, said a source told them that General Shoigu may have health problems.
Also on March 24, the issue of the Russian Defense Minister’s sudden absence from public was mentioned at the Kremlin’s press conference.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the press: “At the moment the Defense Minister has a lot of things to deal with, you probably understand that. A special military operation is underway. . Surely now is not the time for media. This is quite understandable.”
However, The Guardian commented that the video played on March 24 with the appearance of Mr. Shoigu was quite “unusual”.
The Guardian reported that General Shoigu is said to have reported “the progress of the special military operation and the efforts being made by the military to provide humanitarian aid, ensure security and restore recovery.” restore critical infrastructure” on territories controlled by Russian forces, through a videoconference with President Putin.
However, this is difficult to verify because according to The Guardian, the clip does not include the direct speech of the head of the Russian Defense Ministry. Moreover, Mr. Shoigu also appeared for only a few seconds.
As described by The Guardian, Mr. Shoigu sat in front of a row of Russian flags at an unidentified location. The man’s arm is moving, which proves it’s not a still image. But just seconds later, the news changed to another scene.
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