According to a report, a Russian TV host known for promoting pro-Kremlin propaganda appeared to criticize Russia's progress in its war in Ukraine, suggesting that even Putin's allies are losing faith in it.
On his Russia-1 show, Evening with Vladimir Solovyov, he claimed that the West was starting to mock them. Russia-1 has the most viewers in Russian TV.
Russia had suffered a number of setbacks in the war, including a counter-offensive by the Ukrainians in the Kharkiv region. There were reports of Ukrainian troops entering the city.
There haven't been any operations that alleviated the bitterness after Kharkiv.
Please start to fight by the regulations, the way you can, the way you have been taught, I have a big request for our Army." Newly liberated places should be announced. 300,000 have been dispatched.
Scores of fighting-age men fleeing Russia have been caused by Russia's controversial partial mobilize of 300,000 reserve soldiers.
According to reports, Russia's ethnic minorities have been disproportionately targeted, so he implied criticism of the way reservists draft.
Let's not help our enemies while we're doing it. He said that we should take into account peoples of the far north and small ethnic groups when calculating the amount of mobilized people.
The sanctions against him were due to his support of the war in Ukraine.
He has been dubbed "Putin's voice" for his support of Putin and his threats to western powers.
"Today is the day that a righteous operation was launched for the de-Nazification of the Ukrainian people," he said at the beginning of the invasion.
He was critical of the "shameful" delays in weapons reaching the Russian military in Ukranian.