Former Russian commander in Ukraine says Moscow was unprepared for a protracted war and is now 'heading for military defeat'

• Igor Girkin was formerly an FSB officer and leader of militants in Ukraine. Now he's a war blogger.
• He has criticized Russia' war strategy, saying on Sunday that Russia is sleepwalking toward defeat.
• Girkin said that Russian society was not prepared for such a "long, protracted" war.

Igor Girkin, a former Federal Security Service officer who once led a group of Russian militants in Donetsk, said in a YouTube video that Russia is sleepwalking toward military defeat.

Girkin, who is also known by his alias "Strelkov," is now a prominent war blogger who has criticized the Russian military strategy in Ukraine.