By Natali Moss
The temporary commander was appointed Major-General Alexander Linkov, according to the Russian media with reference to the CVA press service. Linkov was previously the head of the organizational and mobilization management of the CVA. Oleksandra Lapin was presented to the public as a commander of the connections and military units of the central group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in June.
In September, Lapin replaced Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov, who was removed from the command of the Western military district after the devastating defeat of the Russian army in the Kharkiv direction. When the invaders were defeated under the estuary, with public criticism on Alexander Lapin was attacked by Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who was supported by the chairman of the Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogin.
After that, Lapin stopped appearing on the people and at the end of October there were reports that he was removed from the post of commander. The Russian Defense Ministry was not officially confirmed, but unofficially told that the general needs to be treated, so he went on vacation, recall, in May, Lapin awarded the Order of his son Lieutenant Colonel Denis Lapin, who commanded the 1st Guards Tank Regiment. This regiment fought in the Chernihiv direction and was almost completely destroyed.
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