Morale impact on army when Putin fires 50 army officers

[Jhon Smith]

My question is, will it give any moral impact on rest of army soldiers and officers when a president fires 50 Army officers at once? Will that decision weaken the Russian army in world?? How that decision can effect the minds of army personals from soldiers to generals??

Putin sacks EVERY commander in his Baltic fleet in Stalin-style purge 'after top brass refusal to follow his orders to confront Western ships'

• Up to 50 officers in Russia's Baltic fleet have been sacked by Vladimir Putin
• Among those to be sacked were the head of the fleet and his chief of staff
• It came after the Baltic fleet reportedly refused to confront Western ships
• Sackings have been described in Russian media as a 'Stalin-style purge'

Vladimir Putin has sacked every single commander in Russia's Baltic fleet in what has been described as a 'Stalin-style' purge.

Up to 50 officers of the fleet were fired alongside Vice Admiral Viktor Kravchuk and his chief of staff Rear Admiral Sergei Popov after they reportedly refused to follow orders to confront Western ships.

Reports in Russia also suggested the purges followed an alleged cover-up of a submarine accident, flaws in recruitment and military construction projects.

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Russian president Vladimir Putin who has sacked 50 officers including the head of Russia's Baltic fleet

It comes amid an undisclosed number of other senior officers of the fleets have been fired over serious flaws in combat training and their failure to take proper care of personnel.

The purges' scope and publicity make them highly unusual for the Russian military, which usually removes senior officers in a more subtle way.



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[Signalian]

Hopefully this step should have positive impact on Russian Armed Forces. The professionalism in the forces had already hit a bottom low.

 

[WaLeEdK2]

I must say Putin is a clever one. He out manoeuvred the west by taking back Crimea while there was a regime change in Ukraine.

 

[LA se Karachi]

He his becoming paranoid. This would never happen in China.

 

[Indian009]

A direct refusal to follow a direct order is "a court Martial" !!!!!!

Just releasing them from duty is a soft pinishment in Army sphere. Putin might have considered their past services and let them go easy.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

That's 50 Officers...not 50 Generals.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

removes senior officers in a more subtle way.

Yes of course. Between 7% to 20% of Red Army senior officers were purged by Stalin. This was hardly "subtle".

Link > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge#Purge_of_the_army

give any moral impact on rest of army soldiers

Yes. You will have 50 junior offices supporting huge grins. Promo-tion time. Chest-full of medals time. Bingo ....