 A notorious former Russian spy chief has accused Vladimir Putin of failures in the Ukraine war in an asonishing attack. Vladimir Kvachkov, 75, said neither the president nor his defence minister Sergei Shoigu or chief of general staff Valery Gerasimov were 'capable of waging a war'. He went on the tirade on Tuesday after a Moscow court found him guilty of 'discrediting the armed forces'. Kvachkov said: 'They say that I am discrediting the armed forces. In my opinion, the following citizens are discrediting the armed forces—Putin, Shoigu, Gerasimov.' Despite being told that was 'enough', Kvachkov went on: 'Those who cannot wage war are discrediting the armed forces. But we can do it, and we know how.' Kvachkov was fined 40,000 roubles (£320) for three social media posts which criticised the 'special military operation in Ukraine and the Russian leadership'. He denied being affiliated with the outlet which shared these posts – Odnoklassniki. Vladimir Kvachkov, 75, was a colonel with Russia's foreign military intelligence agency GRU (Picture: Reuters) Ukrainian soldiers firing the D-30 artillery to Russian positions in the direction of Klishchiivka (Picture: Getty) After the hearing, Kvachkov told a journalist it was Putin and his team who are 'guilty'. The ultranationalist was a colonel with Russia's foreign military intelligence agency GRU. He was jailed in 2005 for attempting to assassinate politician and businessman Anatoly Chubais before he was acquitted three years later. In 2013, Kvachkov was put behind bars after he was convicted of creating a terrorist group and plotting to overthrow the government. If Kvachkov is found to be 'discrediting the armed forces' for a second time he will face a jail sentence. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.){kind=link}
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A notorious former Russian spy chief has accused Vladimir Putin of failures in the Ukraine war in an asonishing attack.
Vladimir Kvachkov, 75, said neither the president nor his defence minister Sergei Shoigu or chief of general staff Valery Gerasimov were ‘capable of waging a war’.
He went on the tirade on Tuesday after a Moscow court found him guilty of ‘discrediting the armed forces’.
Kvachkov said: ‘They say that I am discrediting the armed forces. In my opinion, the following citizens are discrediting the armed forces-Putin, Shoigu, Gerasimov.’