Russian General Gennady Anashkin has been dismissed, independent portal Meduza reported. Officially, the reason for the decision was “command misunderstanding and disinformation.” According to Russian propagandists, the aim was to provide false reports about the occupation of several towns in eastern Ukraine.
According to Russian war blogger Kirill Fedorov, the reason for the dismissal of General Gennady Anashkin, the commander of the Russian military group South, was said to have been “reluctance to convey the true situation to the high command.'' are. He said several other commanders also lost their jobs.
Russia: President Vladimir Putin dismisses general. “scam”
Another propaganda author, Leiber, wrote that the change in command of the “Southern” group was “the result of problems” at the front. The blogger names several places in Ukraine that, in his opinion, have become “synonymous with lies and unjust losses.”
“The higher command came and said they wanted to visit the 'liberated' Błohorivka. Hryhorivka and Serebryanka were allegedly captured, so in theory they should already be in the depths. Then the extent of the fraud became clear, and it permeated not just the public, but the high command as well,'' Leiber said.
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Meanwhile, the Veterans Notes Channel estimates that this is a systemic problem that involves multiple sections of the front lines in the war zone.
Moscow is silent. The decoration of the general was carried out by President Putin himself.
In its announcements, the Russian Ministry of Defense regularly claims that its “southern” forces continue to “penetrate deeply into enemy defenses” and defeat Ukrainian forces even in the area of the town mentioned by the Russian blogger.
So far, the Russian government has not officially acknowledged Anashkin's dismissal, but sources at the Russian Ministry of Defense on rbc.ru described the decision as a “planned rotation.”
General Gennady Anashkin was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2008 for his “courage, heroic actions and skillful command of his troops during the operation to bring Georgia to peace.” He served as commander of the 8th Joint Security Force until spring 2024. In May, he was appointed supreme commander of the “South” group.
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