Fought in Syria, Chechnya and Georgia: the Kremlin replaced the commanders of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Donetsk - ISW

The Russian authorities have released the commander who has been fighting in the Donetsk region against Ukrainians since 2017. At the same time, the commander who control the attacks on some front tights in the east were increased. In the Russian Federation, commander of military units of the Southern Military District (PVO, Rus. In particular, they appointed a new headquarters and deputy commander.

Analysts of the Institute of War (ISW) in the report, published on the portal, were told about the details of the permutations in the front command of the Russian army. Analysts refer to information published in the Russian Telegram Channel "Arbata".

The anonymous authors of the channel declared the following changes in the Command of the PVO: the analytical report noted that they did not yet receive confirmation of changes in the military command, but earlier similar reports from the said source were true. Analysts have explained why it is important to pay attention to such permutations: it is the units of the 8th Army that conducts offensive operations on several shades of the front in the Donetsk region (where it is not indicated).

In addition, they reminded in what situations the mentioned commander -in -chiefs were: for example, Sichevoy and Zavizon were displaced from the posts after a successful offensive operation of Ukraine in Kharkiv in the fall of 2023. It should be noted that the Russian warlords, which are reported in the ISW report, participated in a number of wars who led the Russian Federation - fought in Chechnya, Georgia, Syria and Ukraine.

Alexei Zavizyon is a 58-year-old Lieutenant General, who, according to the SBU, has been participating in the Hybrid War of the Russian Federation in Ukraine since 2015. Since 2019, the military has held the position of Deputy Commander in the Western Military District, fought in Syria, Georgia and the Second Chechen War. Is under sanctions.

Andriy Sichevoy-54-year-old Lieutenant General, who from 2019 to 2021 was commander of the 8th of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Since 2022 he has been under sanctions as a result of participation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before that, he "marked" participation in the war in Syria. Gennady Anashkin is a 55-year-old Colonel-General, who since 2017 has held the position of Deputy Commander of the 8th ICA.

Before the war in Ukraine, he managed to wave in both Chechen wars and in the war in Georgia. It is also under sanctions due to Russian attack on Ukraine. It should be noted that the military of the Armed Forces reported that the Russian command concentrated near Avdiivka in Donetsk region 40-60 thousand military of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The concentration of such a number of troops testifies to the future offensive actions of the enemy, explained the Ukrainian military.