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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>'s war chief in <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> hasn't been seen for weeks, NYT reported, citing US officials.</li><li>Some officials speculate he may have been removed from his post as top commander.</li></ul>Russia's top commander in the Ukraine war, General <keyword id="13588861" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexander-dvornikov" source="Orion">Alexander Dvornikov</keyword>, hasn't been seen for two weeks, leading some US officials to speculate that he may have been relieved of his post, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/politics/russia-military-eastern-ukraine.html">The New York Times reported</a> on Tuesday.Dvornikov was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-appoints-bombardier-to-command-russian-army-in-ukraine-2022-4">initially assigned to Ukraine in April</a> amid a leadership shake-up that was widely interpreted as an admission by Russian President <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> that Moscow's war plan failed in its earlier months.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/us/politics/russia-military-ukraine.html">The Times previously cited US officials</a> saying that, before Dvornikov's appointment, Russia's generals ran the war out of Moscow with no central battlefield commander.Dvornikov's designation as ground commander was meant to change that. One of his main aims was to improve the coordination between units in Ukraine, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-61032786">the BBC</a> previously reported, citing Western officials.Before the Ukraine war, Dvornikov was dubbed <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-appoints-bombardier-to-command-russian-army-in-ukraine-2022-4">"The Butcher of Syria"</a> for his role in the Russian bombardment of the country in support of President Bashar al-Assad.Similarly, Ukraine-held territories in the Donbas region have endured heavy bombardment as part of Russia's new offensive under Dvornikov, with one city being hit "200 times an hour," <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/29/sievierodonetsk-bombing-so-intense-casualties-cant-be-assessed-officials-say">according to Ukrainian officials.</a>However, Dvornikov's efforts have yet to produce significant results.Last week, a US official said Russia <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-estimates-russia-tank-losses-in-ukraine-2022-5">had lost an estimated 1,000 tanks,</a> a substantial number of troops, combat assets, and aircraft since the war began on February 24.While Russian forces took the port city of Mariupol after a lengthy siege, they lost <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-forces-withdraw-from-around-kharkiv-ukrainian-officials-2022-5">Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv</a> in mid-May. Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-says-troops-fighting-kharkiv-reached-russian-border-victory-video-2022-5">some reports from Ukraine</a> said that Ukrainian troops had even fought their way to the Russian border.Russia's invasion has continued to stall under Dvornikov because the country's leaders "haven't been able to change the character of the Russian army," Frederick W. Kagan, the director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, told The Times.The Russian army's fundamental flaws include its ground units not being trained to make their own decisions in battle and its air force not staying in Ukrainian airspace to achieve air superiority, The Times reported.

Russia's top commander for the Ukraine war hasn't been seen for 2 weeks: report

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11900667" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jake-sullivan" source="Orion">Jake Sullivan</keyword> said the US wants to see an "independent" <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> and an "isolated" <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>.</li><li>The Biden national security advisor made a Sunday appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."</li></ul>National security advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday said that the <keyword id="11894425" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-states" source="Orion">United States</keyword> is pushing for an "independent" Ukraine and an "isolated" Russia, a stance that's hardened as Moscow's conflict against its western neighbor approaches the two-month mark.<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-jake-sullivan-weapons-are-arriving-every-day-in-ukraine-137420357950?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_mtp">During an interview</a> on NBC's "Meet the Press," Sullivan told host Chuck Todd that the Biden administration would continue to send critical aid and additional resources to Ukrainian President <keyword id="9393544" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="volodymyr-zelenskyy" source="Orion">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</keyword> and his country's military."Our policy is unequivocal that we will do whatever we can to help Ukraine succeed. And it will be … President Zelenskyy and the democratically-elected government of Ukraine that determines what that success constitutes," he said.He added: "We need to keep giving them military support and strong economic sanctions to improve their position, their posture at the negotiating table."Sullivan then said that US envisions a future of Ukraine without Russian interference — and with Russia essentially backed into a corner."At the end of the day, what we want to see is a free and independent Ukraine, a weakened and isolated Russia, and a stronger, more unified, more determined West," he said. "We believe that all three of those objectives are in sight, can be accomplished, and we will do what it takes to support the Ukrainians in their effort to help bring those objectives about."In recent days, Russia has retreated from key areas around the capital city of Kyiv — which Russian military forces were unable to capture.While on CBS's "Face the Nation," Sullivan <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1513167629405544452">said</a> that Ukraine continues to face a grave threat, as Russia has brought on a new commander — Gen. <keyword id="13588861" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexander-dvornikov" source="Orion">Alexander Dvornikov</keyword> — who will oversee the invasion."We've seen scorched-earth warfare already, we've seen atrocities and war crimes, and mass killings and horrifying and shocking images from towns like Bucha and the rocket attack at Kramatorsk," Sullivan said.Ret. Army General Mark Hertling, who served as the Commanding General of the US Army in Europe, on Sunday said that Dvornikov "is well-versed in campaigns involving attacks on civilians.""The way he has conducted combat operations in the past has caused him to be... [perceived as] the kind of executioner we've seen prosecute these kinds of campaigns where there's an awful lot of civilian attacks, civilian destruction, [and] chaos on populations, both in Syria and Grozny," Hertling said during a CNN appearance.

National security advisor Jake Sullivan says US wants an 'independent' Ukraine and 'isolated' Russia

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, has led the military since 2021.</li><li>He is currently squaring off against Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimov.</li></ul>Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine can be measured in time, 15 months for a war it thought it could win in days; in casualties, hundreds of thousands since the war began; or in the invading army's limited territorial gains as the bodies pile up.It can also be measured in the number of times Russia has changed commanders as Moscow looks for someone who can win this fight. The Kremlin is on it's fourth commander since the February 2022 invasion. Ukraine, on the other hand, has only had one: Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces.Zaluzhnyi, also known as Ukraine's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/valerii-zaluzhnyi-iron-general-putin-ukraine-war-russia-2023-1#almost-one-year-after-russias-invasion-the-ukrainian-military-is-still-standing-strong-1">"Iron General,"</a> has led Kyiv's military since July 2021, when he was appointed to the role by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zaluzhnyi made it his mission to further reform Ukraine's armed forces to operate as Western militaries do, backing away from older Soviet-era practices. Zaluzhnyi has studied closely his current opponent, Russian <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-new-ukraine-general-focused-on-soldiers-shaving-uk-intel-2023-1">Gen. Valery Gerasimov</a>, who was tapped to lead Moscow's campaign in January after previously serving as the longtime chief of the general staff of the country's armed forces."I learned from Gerasimov. I read everything he ever wrote," Zaluzhnyi previously told Time Magazine in an <a href="https://time.com/6216213/ukraine-military-valeriy-zaluzhny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> last year. "He is the smartest of men, and my expectations of him were enormous."The Russian general, however, does not appear to be living up to those expectations. Gerasimov oversaw a relatively lackluster Russian winter offensive, during which his forces failed to seize a significant amount of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/map-russian-forces-ukraine-little-gains-high-casualties-2023-5">territory</a> and suffered tens of thousands of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-fighting-cost-russia-tens-thousands-lives-months-us-intel-2023-5">casualties</a> in the process.The two men are squaring off as Ukraine gears up for a highly anticipated <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-we-know-ukraine-counteroffensive-russia-happening-for-real-2023-5">counteroffensive</a> aimed at liberating occupied areas in the country's eastern and southern regions. Aside from trying to prevent Ukraine from conducting successful advances, Gerasimov will also attempt to do something that none of his predecessors have been able to do since the war started — keep his job for more than five months. Here's what happened to Russia's previous three war commanders, according to a recent <a href="https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-30-2023">analysis</a> by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank that has closely tracked developments in Ukraine.<h2>Alexander Dvornikov</h2>When Russia first launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late-February 2022, it relied on district commanders rather than overall commander of the war effort. What followed was several weeks of poorly coordinated operations, Russian missteps, and failures that ultimately led to Moscow's forces withdrawing from the Kyiv region and repositioning themselves to focus on Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Russian President Vladimir Putin's "reluctance to appoint an overall theater commander for his invasion of Ukraine has had cascading effects on the Russian military including fueling intense factionalization, disorganizing command structures, and feeding unattainable expectations," ISW said. <div type="image" title="In this photo taken on March 17, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, poses with Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov during an awarding ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia." height="2820" width="4000" msid="100573037" hostid="261" sizebytes="380866"></div>In early April, after these initial failures in a war that Russia thought it could and was expected to win in days, Putin appointed Army Gen. Alexander Dvornikov to be Moscow's first overall theater commander and reportedly instructed him to seize the Donbas region by the beginning of May and establish one uniform command for Moscow's operations in Ukraine. Dvornikov also served as the southern military district commander. <h2>Gennady Zhidko</h2>Dvornikov's leadership ended after nearly two months following failures to secure either goal. He was replaced by Army Gen. Gennady Zhidko, who also served as the eastern military district commander. "The dual roles given Zhidko and Dvornikov were likely a result of Putin's continued reluctance to make any single general too prominent," ISW said. Just as Dvornikov's appointment is a bit of a mystery, the reasons Putin appointed Zhidko are unclear, but it's possible the relationship these men had with Gerasimov, who was still chief of the general staff at the time, played a role. Like Dvornikov, Zhidko was instructed to formalize command structures. Zhidko's tenure lasted through the summer, when Russia enjoyed some <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-says-its-taken-control-key-city-ukraines-eastern-region-2022-7">successful offensive operations</a> in eastern Ukraine before they were derailed. Russian territorial gains were short-lived as Ukraine launched a lightning-fast <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-troops-fleeing-ukraine-counteroffensive-abandoned-high-value-weaponry-intelligence-2022-9">counteroffensive</a> in the northeastern Kharkiv region in September, which saw Kyiv's forces liberate a chunk of occupied territory.Ukrainian offensive operations were also carried out in the southern city of Kherson, which was later liberated to deprive Russia of an early war win.Putin booted Zhidko from both of his roles in early October, ending a command that lasted a little over four months. "The failure of two generals who were establishment MoD figures and Gerasimov affiliates likely solidified Putin's decision to appoint a commander not affiliated with Gerasimov to the position of overall theater commander after the Kharkiv debacle," ISW wrote. <h2>Sergey Surovikin</h2>In early October, Putin appointed Army Gen. Sergey Surovikin, nicknamed "General Armageddon," to be the overall theater commander. The move was likely aimed at appeasing Russia's pro-war ultranationalist community, according to ISW. This community often <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-wagner-boss-prigozhin-angry-defense-ministry-putin-limited-options-2023-5">criticizes</a> Russian failures in Ukraine but is fervently behind the war."Putin likely viewed Surovikin as the last untarnished high-ranking commander in Ukraine he could appoint to overall theater command," the think tank said. Surovikin's time in charge was shorter than Zhidko's but longer than Dvornikov's — lasting about three months.There were several significant aspects of the conflict that occurred during his tenure as the top commander. These included the start of a widespread <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-suicide-drones-terror-chaos-among-ukrainian-civilians-expert-officials-2022-10">campaign</a> of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure, Russia's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kherson-russia-retreat-flag-is-trap-ukraine-says-2022-11">retreat</a> from Kherson city, and the expanding influence of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wagner-group-prigozhin-zelenskyy-ukraine-counteroffensive-full-swing-2023-5">Wagner Group</a> paramilitary organization and its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.<div type="image" title="Commander of Russia's Aerospace Forces Sergei Surovikin, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the Armed Forces' General Staff Sergei Rudskoi attend a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, November 3, 2021." height="3648" width="5472" msid="100573039" hostid="261" sizebytes="320636"></div>Toward the end of 2022, Gerasimov had begun lobbying for his camp of leaders to secure more influence over the war in Ukraine by attempting to discredit Wagner's operations. As 2023 rolled around, and Russian forces continued to suffer heavy losses in eastern Ukraine, Putin seemingly gave in to Gerasimov's campaigning. Russia's defense ministry announced in mid-January that Surovikin would be replaced by Gerasimov and demoted to deputy commander of Russia's military in Ukraine. "The highly attritional capture of Soledar in January likely prompted Putin to acquiesce to Gerasimov's campaigning and appoint Gerasimov as the overall theater commander for the winter-spring offensive operation," ISW said. The capture of Soledar at high cost came as part of the brutal battle for Bakhmut, which Russia recently claimed to have taken, also at tremendous costs in terms of manpower and resources.Western arms, including main battle tanks and armored vehicles, are currently flowing into Ukraine amid preparations for another Ukrainian counteroffensive push. For months, the Russians have been digging in and preparing a defense-in-depth strategy aimed at blunting the expected offensive. Though Putin's decision-making process is murky, there's a possibility the outcome of the coming fight could weigh heavily on Gerasimov's future as commander.It's like White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-mocks-putins-mismanagement-of-the-war-in-ukraine-2023-2">mockingly said</a> in February, Putin changes "generals the way I change socks."

Ukraine's 'Iron General' is facing off against his 4th Russian war commander. Here's why the others lost their jobs.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> has appointed General Alexander Dvornikov to lead its Ukraine invasion, reports say.</li><li>Dvornikov became the first commander of the Russian Armed Forces in <keyword id="11896847" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="syria" source="Orion">Syria</keyword> during Russia's 2015 intervention.</li></ul>Russia is believed to have reorganized its <keyword id="11898555" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="military" source="Orion">military</keyword> leadership in Ukraine, appointing General Alexander Dvornikov as its new commander, reports say.Western officials told the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-61032786">BBC</a> that Dvornikov, a general who played a significant role in the Russian bombardment of Syria, has been put in charge by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Dvornikov has been tasked with "improving coordination between Russian forces in Ukraine," the outlet said.The move comes as Russia restrategizes and<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-defense-ministry-says-its-focusing-on-liberating-donbas-region-2022-3?r=US&amp;IR=T"> shifts its focus to Ukraine's Donbas region, </a>after its <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lloyd-austin-russia-invasion-of-ukraine-has-essentially-stalled-2022-3?r=US&amp;IR=T">invasion stalls</a> in much of the country.The Kremlin is hoping that experienced Alexander Dvornikov, who is currently Commander of Russia's Southern Military District, could restore the honor of the Russian army after its mauling on the road to Kyiv.Russian forces have suffered heavy losses since it began its invasion of Ukraine, and reports suggest that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/us/politics/russia-troop-deaths.html">morale is deteriorating</a>.<h2>A veteran of Russia's bloody campaign in Syria</h2>Dvornikov joined the Soviet Army in 1978 and went on to command several regiments in the Russian military.In September 2015, he became the first commander of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, during Putin's military intervention to support the embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Dvornikov was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2016 for his leadership in Syria, the highest military honor in the country.A UN investigation into atrocities committed in Syria said that<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/russia-committed-war-crimes-in-syria-finds-un-report"> Russia was partly to blame for war crimes</a> due to indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas without "a specific military objective."Following his time in Syria, Dvornikov was appointed Commander of the Southern Military District. A report by the <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep28851.5.pdf">Institute for the Study of War</a> said that Dvornikov drew on his experience in Syria to "reorganize the Southern Military District into a joint force grouping capable of operating effectively on land, sea, and air."<div type="image" title="Smoke rising from a Russian tank" height="2333" width="3110" msid="90762185" hostid="261"></div>The change in leadership could be seen as "a sign of Russian weakness," Gwythian Prins, a military strategy expert who's advised NATO, told the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172ykwb7nt8vmd">BBC</a>.Prins noted that Russia has lost <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russian-officer-elite-decimated-9-who-were-killed-in-combat-2022-3?r=US&amp;IR=T">several of its most senior commanders</a> in Ukraine, including Colonel Andrei Mordvichev and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-claims-its-killed-one-of-russias-top-generals-in-ukraine-2022-3?r=US&amp;IR=T">Lt. Gen. Yakov Rezantsev</a>."So yes they've brought in someone who's a well-known bombardier, they have reverted from the failed strategy of the blitzkrieg, which was intended to happen, and they've now gone back to terrorizing people by rubblization–and Mr. Dvornikov is very good at that sort of thing," said Prins.The Ukrainian leadership and western experts believe Russia is poised to launch a new offensive in Donbas, eastern Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-intv-ukraines-president-issues-chilling-warning-for-donbas-war-2022-4">warned of a conflict that could result in the biggest war in centuries.</a>Speaking to <a href="https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/selenskyj-im-bild-interview-ich-weine-nicht-mehr-79716844.bild.html">the German newspaper BILD,</a> owned by Axel Springer, Insider's parent company, Zelenskyy predicted intense fighting in the coming days."It could be a big war in Donbas — like the world has not seen in hundreds of years," he told BILD reporter Paul Ronzheimer."We will go on defending our country until the end," the Ukrainian president said.

Putin appoints a 'well-known bombardier' to command the Russian army in Ukraine after its mauling outside Kyiv

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> has appointed General Alexander Dvornikov as the new leader of its war in <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>.</li><li>UK intelligence said this showed Russia was so far unable to "cohere and coordinate" its strategy.</li></ul>Russia decision to appoint a new commander of its invasion of Ukraine shows how poor its performance and tactics have been in the war so far, UK intelligence said.<a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1514107625348210690?s=20&amp;t=1qeJsgWmRULLezK2RNARcw">The UK's Ministry of Defence said in an intelligence briefing</a> on Wednesday: "Russia's appointment of Army General Alexander Dvornikov as commander of the war in Ukraine represents an attempt to centralize command and control.""An inability to cohere and coordinate military activity has hampered Russia's invasion to date," it said.Dvornikov previously commanded several regiments in Russia's military, and he was the the first commander of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, where he earned the nickname "The Butcher of Syria," for the brutal nature of his campaigning there, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-appoints-general-cruel-history-oversee-ukraine-offensive-rcna23784">per an NBC report.</a>The UK Ministry of Defence added that Dvornikov has "commanded Russia's Southern Military District bordering Ukraine's Donbas region" since 2016.It also credited Ukrainian opposition with frustrating Russia's aims, and said that this resistance was a factor in Dvornikov's appointment."Dvornikov's selection further demonstrates how determined Ukrainian resistance and ineffective pre-war planning have forced Russia to reassess its operations."Russia is changing its focus in its invasion as its efforts stall across Ukraine, and is now focusing on the separatist eastern Donbas region, the UK briefing noted.Russia has lost many senior commanders in its invasion. As many as 18 generals and other senior military figures have been killed in fighting so far, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russian-officer-elite-decimated-9-who-were-killed-in-combat-2022-3?r=US&amp;IR=T">Insider reported earlier in April.</a>

Russia's appointment of a new Ukraine war commander shows how poor its tactics have been so far, UK intelligence says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Audio shows Russian officers bad-mouthing the leaders of the invasion of Ukraine.</li><li>They use harsh curse words to describe <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword>, Sergei Shoigu, and Alexander Dvornikov.</li></ul>Intercepted recordings shows <keyword id="12897982" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russian-military" source="Orion">Russian military</keyword> officers cursing out Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders in charge of the invasion of Ukraine.The audio recordings come from an unspecified Ukrainian intelligence agency, which intercepted the phone calls, and were provided to the Radio Svoboda investigative project "Schemes."Excerpts of the intercepted calls were <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPcXVTC012U&amp;t=2s">published on YouTube</a> on Monday.In the audio, a senior Russian officer can be heard bad-mouthing Russia's minister of defense Sergei Shoigu. Shoigu, a close ally of Putin, was one of the few Kremlin insiders who made the decision to invade Ukraine, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-20/putin-s-war-in-ukraine-has-russian-elites-fearing-global-isolation">Bloomberg reported in April.</a>"Shoigu is completely fucking incompetent," he says in the recording. "Just a fucking showman, for fuck's sake," he adds.According to the investigation, the officer was Lieutenant Colonel Vladimirovich Vlasov.Vlasov also calls Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, Russia's top commander in Ukraine, a "complete and utter imbecile" and a "brainless fucking idiot" in the recordings.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/politics/russia-military-eastern-ukraine.html">The New York Times reported</a> on Tuesday that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russias-ukraine-top-commander-war-not-seen-2-weeks-report-2022-6?r=US&amp;IR=T">Dvornikov hasn't been seen for two weeks,</a> leading some US officials to speculate that he may have been relieved of his post.Vlasov was speaking to a Russian military medic, Colonel Vitaliy Kovtun, according to Radio Svoboda. Kovtun, per the recordings, refers to both Shoigu and Putin as a "fucking cunt."Radio Svoboda contacted both men for comment.Kovtun took the phone call and responded by calling the journalist a "fucking cunt" and threatening to report him to Russia's FSB security agency. Vlasov answered the phone call but declined to offer a comment. He refused to answer follow-up calls, according to Radio Svoboda.

Intercepted audio shows 2 Russian officers cursing out Putin and other commanders in charge of the Ukraine invasion

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> has appointed General Alexander Dvornikov to lead its <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> invasion.</li><li>Dvornikov has been widely dubbed the 'butcher of <keyword id="11896847" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="syria" source="Orion">Syria</keyword>' and had been reported to target civilians in conflict. </li></ul>Syrians are helping Ukrainians navigate Russia's aggression specifically after reports that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-appoints-bombardier-to-command-russian-army-in-ukraine-2022-4">General Alexander Dvornikov</a> has been placed as the Russian military's new commander. Olga Lautman, a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis focused on Ukraine and Russia told Insider that following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/syrian-activists-says-ukraine-shouldnt-rely-so-much-on-west-2022-3">Syrians</a> witnessing the atrocities and war crimes coming out of Ukraine reached out to assist Ukrainian organizations."Mouaz with <a href="https://www.syriantaskforce.org/team">the Syrian Emergency Task Force</a> had reached out to me a few weeks ago and he told me that Syrians, were watching the images coming out of Ukraine and they were so distressed. They were like this is a repeat of what happened to us. So they wanted to find a way to help Ukrainians," Lautman said. A coalition called the <a href="https://twitter.com/SyriaUkraineSUN">Syria Ukraine Network</a> was formed between Syrian and Ukrainian organizations. Lautman said she's connecting Syrian groups, ranging from war crime experts to the White Helmets to Ukrainian organizations on the ground in Ukraine so Syrians can pass along advice and best practices on how to navigate civilian attacks."This kind of like a coalition came together just because Syrians saw what's happening in Ukraine and they were like, 'my God, we need to help or at least do whatever we can because we went through this,'" she said. Russia supported the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putins-ukraine-playbook-is-familiar-he-used-it-in-syria-2022-3">sending troops in 2015,</a> and Russian President Vladimir <keyword id="11909347" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="putin" source="Orion">Putin</keyword> is using the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russias-humanitarian-corridors-come-from-syria-playbook-2022-3?utmSource=twitter&amp;utmContent=referral&amp;utmTerm=topbar&amp;referrer=twitter">same playbook from Syria</a> in Ukraine. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-appoints-bombardier-to-command-russian-army-in-ukraine-2022-4">Dvornikov played a significant role in the Russian bombardment of Syria</a>. He's been called the "butcher of Syria," and has a history of targetting civilians. The announcement of Dvornikov's appointment came after a missile attack on a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-strike-ukraine-kramatorsk-train-station-people-evacuating-killed-2022-4">railway station in </a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-strike-ukraine-kramatorsk-train-station-people-evacuating-killed-2022-4">Kramatorsk</a> that left 50 people including five children dead, on Friday. The attack was just one of many in the course of the war of attacks on civilians.Lautman said Syrians were concerned about Dvornikov's leadership in the war. "We see how similar the two situations are because Putin in Syria decimated cities. What he did, the atrocities that were committed under this general [Dvornikov]. This general is known for his role specifically in targeting civilians," she said. "The chemical attacks in Syria and the large amount mass graves that were uncovered in Syria -- Russia had a lot to do with this and now we see the general being appointed to oversee this. And one of his first tests was to send a missile strike on the train station, targeting refugees -- Ukrainians who were waiting for trains to leave."She added that a doctor from the Syrian American Medical Association, which helped build underground hospitals in Syria to treat patients that were wounded or exposed to chemical attacks, went to Ukraine last week to help in hospitals. "It just goes to show you the strength of Syrians because they saw the atrocities happening and the first instinct was, how can we help instead of, 'oh my God, we're really reliving the same thing again?'" Lautman said. Russia <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-denies-bombing-us-backed-rebels-in-syria-agrees-to-increase-coordination-2016-6">has repeatedly dismissed and launched disinformation campaigns against allegations</a> of targetting hospitals and civilian areas in Syria. In Ukraine, Russia has also denied accusations of war crimes, at one point calling, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/timeline-disproves-russia-claims-that-bucha-massacre-is-ukraine-hoax-2022-4">the massacre in the town of Bucha, a "Ukrainian hoax."</a>Lautman said Russia needs to be held accountable, and had the world paid attention to what was happening in Syria, the crisis in Ukraine would have been prevented."Russia was committing the most egregious atrocities inside of Syria and somehow media and governments ignored it," she said. She added: "This could have been avoided. I mean, honestly, had Russia been taken care of in 2008, when they invaded Georgia, we wouldn't have had Syria, Ukraine, and Ukraine again."However, she said both Ukrainians and Syrians are hopeful that by collaborating, and the world's attention on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, they could get justice for both countries.

Syrians who saw Russia commit 'the most egregious atrocities' warn that Ukraine 'is a repeat of what happened to us,' expert says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Major shakeups are underway in the Russian command structure in <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>, according to a report from the Institute for the Study of War</li><li>Experts found that top officials may be blamed for not fully capturing Ukraine and the Kremlin may replace those officers with new faces</li></ul>The Kremlin recently replaced the commander of the Russian Airborne forces and could be in the process of a major shakeup of their current command structure in Ukraine, <a href="https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-21">according to a new report from the Institute for the Study of War</a>. The analysis found that many top officials could be blamed for the failure to fully capture Ukraine, prompting the Kremlin to replace those officers with new faces. Current Chief of Staff of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinsky, will replace the current Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov, according to the report.Ukrainian sources reported that Serdyukov was previously fired from his post by the Kremlin for "poor performance" and "high casualties," according to ISW's report. "Such drastic rotations within the Russian military, if true, are not actions taken by a force on the verge of a major success and indicate ongoing dysfunction in the Kremlin's conduct of the war," the report states.The ISW also listed other rumors of high-level Russian military leaders being purged from the ranks, including the overall commander of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Army General Alexander Dvornikov, though the allegations couldn't be independently confirmed.A report from <a href="https://nv.ua/world/geopolitics/aleksandr-dvornikov-zhurnalist-bellingcat-nazval-prichinu-otstraneniya-rossiyskogo-generala-50250424.html">Christo Grozev, the lead Russia journalist for investigative outlet Bellingcat,</a> claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin planned to replace Dvornikov after hearng reports of his "excessive drinking" and a lack of trust in him by Russian forces. <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> has failed to capture Ukraine since its unprovoked invasion began on February 24. After making no progress toward capturing the capital city Kyiv, Russian forces have turned their attention to the eastern part of the country, where a grinding war is now being waged.This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

Experts say there are mounting signs that the Kremlin is purging its top generals in Ukraine, the latest hint of deep dysfunction in Putin's army

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> fired five <keyword id="13718279" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="generals" source="Orion">generals</keyword> from the Russian <keyword id="11898555" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="military" source="Orion">military</keyword>'s top brass, per local media outlets.</li><li>The dismissals come just days out from the 100-day mark of <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>'s invasion of <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>.</li></ul>Russian President Vladimir Putin fired five generals from the military's top brass this week amid Moscow's stumbling invasion of Ukraine.Putin's dismissal of the generals was reported by the Russian newspaper <a href="https://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/152176-putin_sacks_generals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pravda</a>, which cited an extract of the decree that a source confirmed to be authentic.Per the outlet, the decree listed five major generals — Vasily Kukushkin, Alexander Laas, Andrey Lipilin, Alexander Udovenko, and Yuri Instrankin — as well as police colonel Emil Musin.All five major generals held leading positions in the military for their various regions. Their firing comes weeks after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-fires-2-generals-for-ukraine-failures-uk-claims-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two generals were fired</a> for performing poorly in Ukraine.According to UK intelligence, Lieutenant General Serhiy Kisel, who commanded the elite 1st Guards Tank Army, was suspended for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/captured-documents-say-elite-russian-unit-lost-tanks-kharkiv-ukraine-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failing to capture Kharkiv</a>. Meanwhile, Vice Admiral Igor Osipov, who commanded Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was fired after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-moskva-sinking-wake-up-call-for-navies-experts-say-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Moskva battleship</a> was sunk in April. Meanwhile, Russia's top commander for the <keyword id="13186997" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine-war" source="Orion">Ukraine war</keyword>, Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russias-ukraine-top-commander-war-not-seen-2-weeks-report-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has not been seen for weeks</a>, leading some US officials to speculate that he might have been removed from his post.At<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russian-officer-elite-decimated-9-who-were-killed-in-combat-2022-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> least 25 Russian generals and commanders</a> have been killed in action amid the Ukraine war.Apart from the reshuffling and culling in the ranks of Russia's military elite, trouble has also been brewing among rank-and-file officers involved in the conflict. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putins-private-army-115-members-fired-refusing-fight-ukraine-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More than 100 members of Putin's "private army' were fired</a> for refusing to fight in Ukraine, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hundreds-of-russian-soldiers-fled-refused-to-fight-ukraine-report-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hundreds of Russian soldiers have deserted the military</a>.Russia's invasion of Ukraine <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-media-told-to%20ignore-day-100-of-putin-ukraine-war-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has gone unexpectedly poorly</a>, particularly after it suffered <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-suffers-devastating-losses-among-junior-officers-uk-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"devastating losses" of its junior officers.</a> Western officials estimate that some <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ukraine-ben-wallace-vladimir-putin-tobias-ellwood-crimea-b2065050.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15,000 Russians have been killed in the invasion</a>. Ukraine, meanwhile, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/326884206291331" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed it has killed 30,000 Russian troops.</a>Friday <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2022/jun/01/100-days-of-war-in-ukraine-how-the-conflict-has-developed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marks the 100th day of the Ukraine war,</a> which began when Putin launched an unprovoked invasion of the country on February 24.

Putin axes 5 generals from Russian military's top brass as Ukraine invasion nears 100th day mark

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Retired Admiral <keyword id="13325084" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="james-stavridis" source="Orion">James Stavridis</keyword> said severe missteps have led to deaths among top Russian officers.</li><li>Stavridis said <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> has so far displayed "amazing incompetence" in its invasion of <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>.</li></ul>James Stavridis, a former <keyword id="11893896" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nato" source="Orion">NATO</keyword> supreme allied commander for Europe, said on Sunday that the "amazing incompetence" of the <keyword id="12897982" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russian-military" source="Orion">Russian military</keyword> in invading Ukraine has led to an unprecedented number of deaths among generals and other high-ranking officers.Stavridis made the observation about the Russian forces <a href="https://wabcradio.com/show/the-cats-roundtable/">during a WABC 770 AM radio interview</a> with New York businessman John Catsimatidis."In modern history, there is no situation comparable in terms of the deaths of generals. … Here, on the Russian side, in a two-month period, we've seen at least a dozen, if not more, <keyword id="13438916" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russian-generals" source="Orion">Russian generals</keyword> killed," he told Catsimatidis.Stavridis noted that "not a single general was lost in actual combat" while the US engaged in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq."It's not just the generals being killed," he said of the Russian military, but pointed to its dysfunctional logistical practices and middling battle plans, along with the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-ships-head-south-as-flagship-moskva-battles-extensive-fire-2022-4">loss</a> of its Black Sea flagship Moskva."It's been a bad performance by the Russians thus far," he added.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-russian-officer-elite-decimated-9-who-were-killed-in-combat-2022-3">Top Russian military leaders</a> who have reportedly been killed include Vladimir Petrovich Frolov, the deputy commander of the 8th Army; Vitaly Gerasimov, the first deputy commander of the 41st Army; and Sergei Sukharev, a top paratroop commander of the 331st Guards Parachute Assault Regiment.Stavridis blasted Russia for committing war crimes throughout the country, starting with "the illegal invasion of a neighbor and a democracy" and escalating the battle to include the "massacring" of civilians.The commander said that Gen. Alexander Dvornikov — who was installed by Moscow to lead the conflict — is "well known to Western intelligence as the 'Butcher of Syria.'"Dvornikov <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/syrians-advising-ukrainians-about-managing-russias-syrian-butcher-2022-4">led Russian forces</a> in Syria in 2015, and human rights groups are closely monitoring his efforts.Stavridis said that Russian President <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> was "creating the expansion of NATO by his unwarranted attack on a neighbor," nothing that "more nations may join NATO as a result of this, notably Sweden and Finland, which [have] very capable militaries.""It's not just the NATO alliance. It's the democracies around the world," he added, pointing to Japan's strong opposition to Russia's actions.Last month, retired Gen. David Petraeus — a former Central Intelligence Agency director who led the 101st Airborne Division during the War in Iraq in 2003 and commanded US forces in Afghanistan — echoed similar sentiments, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/opinions/russia-ukraine-petraeus-bergen/index.html">telling CNN</a> that Russian military forces were "just surprisingly unprofessional" in fulfilling their mission in Ukraine."They clearly have very poor standards when it comes to performing basic tactical tasks such as achieving combined arms operations, involving armor, infantry, engineers, artillery and mortars," he said.He added: "We have known for decades that the Soviet system, now the Russian system, has always lacked one of the key strengths of US and Western militaries, which is a strong, professional non-commissioned officer corps."

A former NATO commander says there's 'no situation comparable' to the deaths of top Russian military officers amid the country's invasion of Ukraine

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Earlier this month, the Russian army retreated from <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>'s capital city <keyword id="13017749" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kyiv" source="Orion">Kyiv</keyword>.</li><li>A Russian philosopher known for his influence in the Kremlin said the retreat was only "temporary."</li></ul>An ultranationalist philosopher dubbed "Putin's brain" for his influence on the Russian leader said the country's retreat from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was a "temporary situation."Alexander Dugin, a neo-Eurasianist ideologue known for his influence in the Kremlin, made the remarks in an interview with Turkish media. The comments were later covered by Russian wire service RIA Novosti, which has largely touted anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/philosopher-known-as-putins-brain-says-russia-needs-to-escalate-ukraine-war-130652838.html">Yahoo News</a> reported.Earlier this month, Russian forces <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-forces-withdraw-kyiv-failure-capture-ukraine-capital-city-war-2022-4">withdrew</a> from around Kyiv after attempting to capture the Ukrainian capital. The Russian army repositioned from the area to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nato-putin-still-wants-capture-ukraine-moving-russian-troops-donbas-2022-4">focus on the eastern Donbas region</a> in Ukraine, Pentagon and NATO officials said.In the interview, Dugin referred to the Russian retreat as a "purely tactical move" that would allow the Russian army to regroup and execute "revisions" under <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-appoints-bombardier-to-command-russian-army-in-ukraine-2022-4">the newly appointed Gen. Alexander Dvornikov</a>, a key figure in the 2015 Russian campaign in Syria."The Russian army is currently fighting the sovereign powers that impose a unipolar world," Dugin said, referring to countries allied with Ukraine, including the US. "We cannot lose this war. Otherwise, the whole world will turn into a large fire."Daniel Treisman, a professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an expert on Russian <keyword id="11893346" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="politics" source="Orion">politics</keyword>, said that it is "certainly possible" that Russian President <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> would direct Russian forces to once again attempt to take over Kyiv."It's certainly possible — indeed very likely — that Putin would like to take another stab at capturing Kyiv if he thinks at some future point that his military has a better chance of succeeding," Treisman told Insider. "But I wouldn't give too much credence to comments made to a Turkish newspaper by a nationalist 'philosopher,' and then picked up by Russian state journalists.""If Dugin is the best source RIA Novosti can find to comment on <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>'s military plans, the situation must be extremely murky," he added.Despite repositioning Russian troops to the east, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nato-putin-still-wants-capture-ukraine-moving-russian-troops-donbas-2022-4">warned</a> that Putin still could seek to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nato-putin-still-wants-capture-ukraine-moving-russian-troops-donbas-2022-4">capture all of Ukraine</a>. Dugin reinforced that notion in the interview, saying Russia's brutal campaign in eastern Ukraine alone is "not a victory" for the country."Our soldiers will not return home until targets across the country have been destroyed and security has been established, or until Zelensky surrenders," Dugin said, per Yahoo <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword>.

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