Russian President Vladimir Putin has a new general in charge of his war in Ukraine.
Army General Alexander Dvornikov of Russia’s Southern Military District has been named operations commander for the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, according to two officers, an American and a European.
Dvornikov, 60, was the first commander of Russia’s military operations in Syria after Putin sent troops to the country in September 2015 to support the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Under Dvornikov’s leadership in Syria, from September 2015 to June 2016, Russian planes supported the Assad regime and its allies as they laid siege to rebel-held eastern Aleppo, bombing densely populated neighborhoods and causing significant civilian casualties.
The city fell to Syrian government forces in December 2016.
Between 2000 and 2003, Dvornikov participated in Russia’s long campaign of pacification in the North Caucasus, including the Second Chechnya War, which left the region’s capital, Grozny, in ruins.
Russian forces used a similar approach in parts of Ukraine, attacking residential buildings in major cities and destroying much of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
The Kremlin awarded Dvornikov the title of “Hero of the Russian Federation” in March 2016 for his services.
The appointment of a new commander general to lead Russia’s war in Ukraine appears to be an effort to remedy another problem that has hampered Russian forces: a lack of coordination.
Source: CNN Brasil
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