Following criticism from some of President Vladimir Putin’s most important allies who held him accountable for the recent chaotic withdrawal in northeastern Ukraine, which highlighted Russian battlefield weaknesses, Russia dismissed a key military commander in Ukraine.
The American Wall Street Journal said that Colonel Alexander Labin was responsible for the central military region, the largest in Russia, and the last Russian leader is still in office, amid the struggling invasion of Moscow, while it was not clear whether he had been stopped or isolated from his post.
In September, Kiev’s forces recaptured General Labin, the Russian commander of a region of northeastern Ukraine.
Last week, the Russian government news agency reported Tass that Major General Alexander Linkov, a former subordinate in the Central Military Region, was appointed as the leader of the leader to succeed Leader Labin, who won the medal of the Russian champion in June, was fired from his post after losing the city of Lehman, which is crucial to the Ukrainian region of Donbas, in front of Kyiv.
In the meantime, Western officials and analysts claimed that Moscow is trying again with this leadership change to shift the blame for the war’s failures away from Putin and senior officers and onto the lowest-ranking officials.
Russia fired Colonel Alexander Shaiko, the commander of its eastern military zone, in October as a result of prior defeats. He also said General Alexander Dfurnikov, who was the leader of all Russian forces in Ukraine, early this year.
This action also demonstrates the growing influence of Putin’s close allies in the military, including Ramadan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, and Yugheni Brigujin, the head of the Vagner of mercenaries. Both men publicly criticised General Labin after his forces withdrew from some villages and cities that Russia had been challenging for in recent weeks.
“It is necessary to change our tactics and soldiers now, not tomorrow,” Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel.
The paramilitary organisations that collaborate with the Russian army have received reinforcements from Kadirov and Breigogin.
Since last February 24, Russia has launched a military attack in its neighbor, Ukraine, prompting the capitals of Washington to impose severe economic sanctions on Moscow..
Ramadan Kadyrov and Yigenini Brigujin both criticised the prominent general that Putin toppled.
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