The flywheel of army purges is at work in the Kremlin. Commanders of military districts have been removed from their posts, according to the Defense Express.
“Purges” continues the army of the Russian Federation. Three generals and two admirals were allegedly fired from their posts at the same time. about it on Wednesday, May 25, Defense-ua wrote, citing its own sources.
In particular, the publication states that the commander of the western military district, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev, has been removed. He has held this post since 2018, and in 2016 he led Russian forces in Syria.
“There is unconfirmed information about the dismissal of the commander of the eastern military district, Colonel-General Alexander Chaiko. He was appointed only in November 2021,” the article said.
Its authors noted that these commanders were to blame for the failure of the first stage of the Russian army invasion.
In addition, media sources spoke about the dismissal of the commander of the group of troops in the Slavic direction, near Izyum, Colonel General Gennady Zhidko. In 2021, he became Deputy Minister of Defense and Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces.
The only commander of the military district who has not yet fallen into disgrace is Army General Alexander Dvornikov from the Southern Military District, who now commands all the forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
Recall that the adviser to Russia’s mission to the UN has resigned due to disagreement over the policy of the top leadership of the Russian Federation. Bondarev said that “he has never embarrassed his country and job like on February 24.”
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Source: korrespondent
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