One of the top "DNR" military commanders Alexander Khodakovsky shares his rather grim observations about the future of Russia based on its recent failure in Syria. Khodakovsky first criticises Dmitry Medvedev comments about Russian response to Ukraine's use of long-range missiles, calling it "sabre rattling" and rhetorically asking "when Medvedev last was under artillery fire himself". Khodakovsky then says once Russia joined the war in Syria, it "immediately became a global player" but its engagement in Ukraine "sucks all resources" and makes Russia totally engaged just in this one conflict. He also quotes recent Oleg Tsaryov's comment on Assad's "95% on presidential elections" which only alluded to Putin, but Khodakovsky is more straightforward saying no electoral result (and both fully realise that both results were fake) and "Russia may soon face a mutiny, which will be chaotic and merciless".