Putin announced reshuffles in the Russian army. At a meeting with…
Putin announced reshuffles in the Russian army. At a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, Vladimir Putin announced that, 'at the proposal of the Minister of Defense,' all logistics services of the Ministry of Defense are to be 'concentrated in one hand.'
Consensus
- Vladimir Putin announced personnel changes in the Russian Ministry of Defense on August 5.
- All logistics services of the Ministry of Defense are being centralized under one commander.
- Valeriy Solodchuk was appointed to lead the consolidated logistics services.
- Andrey Ivanayev was appointed as the new commander of the 'Center' military group.
- Denis Lyamin was appointed to lead the newly formed Unmanned Systems Forces.
- Petr Bolgarov was appointed to act as commander of the 'East' military group.
- The decision to centralize logistics was made following a proposal from the Minister of Defense.
- Putin emphasized that logistics has become a 'fully combat-oriented' task in modern conditions.
Points of divergence
- Solodchuk previously commanded the Central Military District and the 'Center' grouping, and was also the commander of the 'Kursk' operational group and the 36th Combined Arms Army. — kommersant
- Putin stated that the decision to centralize logistics was made 'on the proposal of the Minister of Defense'. — tg_bbcrussian
- Putin personally asked Ivanayev to take over the 'Center' command, as it was a complex decision. — fontanka
- Solodchuk previously commanded the 7th Guards Airborne Assault (Mountain) Division, the 36th Combined Arms Army, participated in the Kyiv offensive, and was active on the Kharkiv front. — tg_mash
- Lyamin replaced Ivan Popov as commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army and has received medals including 'Suvorov', 'For Combat Merit', and 'Participant of the Military Operation in Syria'. — tg_mash
Coverage (4 sources)
- Vladimir Putin conducted large-scale reshuffles in the Ministry of Defense — Коммерсантъ
- Putin announced personnel changes in the Russian army At a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense Vladimir Putin announced that 'according to the proposal of the minister of defense' all rear services of the Ministry of Defense have been decided to 'be concentrated in one hand'. He assigned to lead them the commander... — BBC News Русская служба
- All rear services — in one hand. Putin announced personnel changes in the Ministry of Defense — Фонтанка
- Vladimir Putin announced that all rear services of the Russian Ministry of Defense will be concentrated in one hand, and this position has been assigned to... — Mash
Key entities
- Vladimir Putin
- Ministry of Defense
- Russia
- Center
- Valeriy Solodchuk
- Ministries of Defense
- General Staff
- Kyiv
- Andrey Belousov
- VDV
- Kursk
- Kharkiv
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