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Russia Appoints New Ukraine War Commander

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Updated 07:13 11 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 17:05 10 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Russia Appoints New Ukraine War Commander

The Kremlin has appointed a new Ukrainian war commander, as Russia's invasion of the country heads towards its seventh week

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

The Kremlin has appointed a new Ukrainian war commander, as Russia's invasion of the country heads towards its seventh week.

President Vladimir Putin first sent troops across the border on 24 February in what he called a 'special military operation'.

However, despite Russia's size and resources compared to those of Ukraine, the invasion appears to not have been advancing as quickly or successfully as Putin first anticipated.

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One of Russia's most experienced military officers has since been appointed as the new Ukrainian war commander.

General Alexander Dvornikov has taken over as Russia's commander of the Ukrainian invasion.
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General Alexander Dvornikov is now set to lead the Russian invasion.

"That particular commander has a lot of experience of operations of Russian operations in Syria. So we would expect the overall command and control to improve," a Western official told BBC News.

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While Russian units have previously been organised and commanded individually, the source claimed the change of leadership has been implemented to try and improve communication between them.

44 days into the invasion, Russia has struggled to achieve any of its aims so far; they have pulled back out of the capital of Kyiv and are now focussing on the eastern region of Donbas. “Unless Russia is able to change its tactics, it's very difficult to see how they succeed in even these limited objectives that they've reset themselves," the source added.

General Dvornikov first joined the Soviet Army in 1978 after graduating from military school.

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During Russia's invasion of Syria, General Dvornikov was the first commander of the Russian Armed Forces.

In recognition of his leadership, he was awarded the highest honorary title of the Russian Federation – 'Hero of the Russian Federation' – on 17 March, 2016.

After joining the Southern Military District as acting commander in July 2016, he was promoted to the rank of army general by Putin on 23 June, 2020.

Since Putin first sent troops across the border, his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has admitted that Russia's losses have been considerable.

Russia has not only faced harsh sanctions from the West, but there have been reports of soldiers disobeying orders, accidentally shooting down their own planes, and troops injuring their own commanders.

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Despite Putin stating that civilians would not be targeted, the tally of civilian deaths has eclipsed that of the 2014 war in Eastern Ukraine.

A recent missile attack on a train station has seen at least 35 people reported dead and more than 100 injured.

Despite the Russian forces' change in leadership, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has contested whether the move will actually provoke any significant change.

He told CNN's 'State of the Union': "This general will just be another author of crimes and brutality against Ukrainian civilians.

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"And the United States, as I said before, is determined to do all that we can to support Ukrainians as they resist him and they resist the forces that he commands.”

If you would like to donate to the Red Cross Emergency Appeal, which will help provide food, medicines and basic medical supplies, shelter and water to those in Ukraine, click here for more information 

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics: Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, World News

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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