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Shoigu reshuffle shows Putin 'desperation' to sustain Ukraine war, State Department says

14/05/2024

shoigu reshuffle shows putin 'desperation' to sustain ukraine war, state department says

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Laos' President Thongloun Sisoulith in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia's defense minister reshuffle was a further indication of Russian President Vladimir Putin's "desperation to sustain" his invasion of Ukraine, U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Monday.

Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defense minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilize the defense budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine.

(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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