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Wagner mercenaries allegedly send message to Gerasimov<\/h3>\n

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Russian army chief General Valery Gerasimov has sparked a row with certain factions after ordering troops to cut their hair and shave. Chechnya\u2019s leader Ramzan Kadyrov slammed the order as a deliberate “provocation”. He added that it was a distraction from Russia’s invasion efforts in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Mr Kadyrov said on his Telegram channel: “Let\u2019s just drop our guns and go and shave.<\/p>\n

“What kind of nonsense is this?”<\/p>\n

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was characteristically sarcastic when responding to Gerasimov\u2019s order.<\/p>\n

He suggested Kadyrov should double the length of his beard and claimed his fighters were too busy to stop for a shave.<\/p>\n

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Prigozhin added: “War is the time of the active and courageous, and not of the clean-shaven.”<\/p>\n

Gerasimov has been trying to promote more discipline in the Russian army since taking over as overall commander earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The UK’s MoD said: “General Valery Gerasimov, Russia\u2019s Chief of the General Staff and newly appointed commander in Ukraine, has likely started his tour with a drive to improve deployed troops\u2019 day-to-day discipline.<\/p>\n

“Since he took command, officers have been attempting to clamp down on non-regulation uniform, travel in civilian vehicles, the use of mobile phones, and non-standard haircuts.<\/p>\n

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“The measures have been met with sceptical feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“However, some of the greatest derision has been reserved for attempts to improve the standard of troops\u2019 shaving.”<\/p>\n

Concerns about mobile phone use have been said to have had a serious impact on Russia’s war efforts.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin’s defence ministry claimed mobile phones used by their own forces allowed Ukrainian troops to destroy a building and kill dozens of conscripted soldiers in Makiivka.<\/p>\n

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The report comes after the UK’s Military of Defence (MoD) suggested Russia was also on the back foot in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The MoD’s update on Ukraine from January 23 revealed: “Ukraine has liberated around 54 percent of the maximum amount of extra territory Russia seized since February 24, 2022.<\/p>\n

“Russia now controls around 18 percent of internationally recognised areas of Ukraine, including the Donbas and Crimea regions under Russian control since 2014.”<\/p>\n

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