Russian leadership dismissed several generals from key command positions in the war against Ukraine - UK Ministry of Defense

25 June 2022, 12:07 | Ukraine 
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Since the beginning of June, the Russian high command has dismissed several generals from key operational command positions in the war against Ukraine.. Enemy forces in Donbas are likely to be led by General Sergei Surovikin. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense of Britain on Twitter.

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Also, according to the British Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of June, the Russian high command has likely fired several generals from key operational command positions in the war against Ukraine..

Among them, in particular, the commander of the airborne troops (VDV), Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov and the commander of the Southern Group of Forces (South Group of Forces), General Alexander Dvornikov.

Dvornikov also served as general operational commander for some time..

Command of the Southern Group of Forces is likely to be transferred to Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, as the group continues to play a central role in the Russian offensive in the Donbass.

“For more than thirty years, Surovikin’s career has been accompanied by accusations of corruption and cruelty,” the British Ministry of Defense notes..

Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 25 June 2022Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t. co/6ZeAf3s37w? #StandWithUkraine? pic. twitter. com/JiISX2dQ0h.

— Ministry of Defense? (@DefenceHQ) June 25, 2022.

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Earlier it was reported that Russian General Alexander Dvornikov, who was appointed commander of the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine in April, often abused alcohol and gave rash orders during the war in Syria.. Because of this, subordinates refused to comply with them.. The information was published by the investigator of the international group Bellingcat Hristo Grozev.

Grozev also reported that because of Dvornikov in Syria, the Russian military often fired at their own.

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