With layoffs and reshuffles in the command of the Russian army, the country's top leadership is trying to divert blame for the failures in the war in Ukraine from itself inside the country, UK Defense Ministry intelligence says.

So, on November 3, Major General Alexander Linkov was appointed acting commander of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation.. Linkov replaced Colonel General Alexander Lapin, who was allegedly dismissed from his post at the end of October 2022.

“If the information is confirmed, this will be part of a series of dismissals of the Russian military command since the beginning of the invasion in February 2022.. The commanders of the Eastern, Southern and Western military districts were replaced at the beginning of this year,” analysts say.

In particular, Lapin was widely criticized for poor performance on the battlefield in Ukraine by both Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin..

The dismissal is an example of blaming top Russian military commanders for failing to achieve Russian battlefield goals..

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The day before, former Russian businessman Mikhail Khororkovsky said that, according to the appointment of General Sergei Surovikin, the head of the military operation in Ukraine is the owner of the Wagner PPC Yevgeny Prigozhin, who currently has more influence in Russian politics than, for example, Foreign Minister Sergei Shoigu.