Russia held another rotation in the high command of its army. The invaders removed Colonel General Sergei Kuzovlev from the post of commander of the Western Military District and appointed Lieutenant General Yevgeny Nikiforov in his place. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Telegram.

As noted, Nikiforov was previously chief of staff, first deputy commander of the eastern troops of the Russian Federation..

The formal reason for the dismissal of Kuzovlev, the Russians determined the failure in preparing an offensive in the Liman direction as part of the war against Ukraine. However, according to the GUR, the reshuffle is actually related to another.

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They also added that Sergei Kuzovlev was the commander of the Western Military District for only about a month.. At the same time, Yevgeny Nikiforov became the fourth in this position since the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine..

According to the Main Intelligence Directorate, the newly appointed commander is now at the command post of the Zapad group of troops in the city of Boguchar, Voronezh Region..

Earlier, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, explained that the Wagnerites want to capture Bakhmut so much because the owner of their PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the commander of Russian troops in Ukraine, Sergey Surovikin, entered into an alliance.

The situation on the Russian-Ukrainian front will largely determine the alignment of forces in the Russian authorities. About this - in the article by Vladimir Kravchenko " U.A..