He was sent to the front by Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin (69) as a last hope and was supposed to lead the Russian army to victory. Experts called the move out loud «New York Times» as an “admission of the failure of his war”. But now General Alexander Dvornikow (60), nicknamed “Butcher”, has disappeared without a trace. He got the nickname because of his brutal actions in Syria. He had several hospitals and hospitals and civilian residential areas bombed there without scruples.
As the “New York Times” reports, the general has not been seen for two weeks. They cite official US sources. The rumor mill is bubbling – has he actually been fired once more? It remains unclear.
Putin is said to have been dissatisfied with Dvornikov’s work. According to the sources, he was unable to improve the situation of the Russian army, and fundamental errors are said not to have been corrected. He tried to build bridges between the disjointed air and land units with the goal of making the Russian attacks more coherent.
Soldier morale is getting worse and worse
At the beginning it looked good for Dwornikov as well. He had succeeded in his aim of bringing the troops together. In the Donbass, fighter pilots and ground forces were better coordinated. Only the success in the fight remained. The collaboration had little impact. Putin’s troops made little headway in the Donbass.
According to US intelligence information, this “cumbersome and step-by-step” approach depressed the already poor morale of the soldiers even further. The Luftwaffe was still not being used effectively either. A weak point of the Russians, which the general might not strengthen.
Putin makes short work of the military
And now Dvornikov is gone. He wouldn’t be the first senior military man Putin has made short work of. The chief of staff of the Russian army, Valery Gerasimov (66), who is said to have fallen out of favor with Putin and was dishonorably dismissed, recently caused a stir, as did the military adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (44), Oleksiy Arestovych (46). YouTube explained.
At the same time, Sergei Kisel (51), the commander of the first tank army in Russia’s western military district, had to vacate his post. This, according to Aerstowych, following the first Russian tank army was defeated by Russian troops near Kharkiv.
Igor Osipov (49) was the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet from 2019 to 2022. Then the Russian flagship Moskva sank. According to information from the British secret service, Osipov had to declare his career in the Russian military over for this reason – and like the generals before him, probably not entirely voluntarily. (chs)
