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reported Ministry of Defense In a statement: "The army general was relieved Dmitriy Bulgakov From his duties as Deputy Minister of Defense due to his transfer to another position".
He was replaced by General Mikhail Mizintsev (60), who until then headed the National Defense Control Center and will now become Deputy Minister of Defense "Responsible for material and technical supplies to the armed forces"According to the same source.
Mizintsev held several positions within the General Staff during his long military career.
Western sanctions were imposed on him for his role in the siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which it occupied Russian forces In May.
This change in the General Staff comes at a time when it was announced President Vladimir Putin This week hundreds of thousands of Russians mobilized to support the invasion of Ukraine.
Mobilization is a major organizational challenge that requires reservists to be called in to be equipped and sent to training centers and then to the front.
However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine highlighted many logistical difficulties on the Russian side, as analysts pointed to these shortcomings as one of the reasons behind the difficulties faced by the Russian forces.
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reported Ministry of Defense In a statement: “The Army General has been relieved Dmitriy Bulgakov One of his duties as Deputy Defense Minister due to his transfer to another position.”
He was replaced by General Mikhail Mizintsev (60), who until then headed the National Defense Control Center, and will now become the Deputy Minister of Defense “responsible for the material and technical supplies of the armed forces,” according to the same source.
Mizintsev held several positions within the General Staff during his long military career.
Western sanctions were imposed on him for his role in the siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which it occupied Russian forces In May.
This change in the General Staff comes at a time when it was announced President Vladimir Putin This week hundreds of thousands of Russians mobilized to support the invasion of Ukraine.
Mobilization is a major organizational challenge that requires reservists to be called in to be equipped and sent to training centers and then to the front.
However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine highlighted many logistical difficulties on the Russian side, as analysts pointed to these shortcomings as one of the reasons behind the difficulties faced by the Russian forces.