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Colonel-General: Colonel-General Afzalov confirmed as chief of Russian aerospace forces
MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry on Friday confirmed the appointment of Colonel-Normal Viktor Afzalov as commander of the nation’s aerospace forces, changing Normal Sergei Surovikin who was faraway from the position in August.
Russian state-run RIA and TASS information businesses had reported his appointment final week, citing sources.
Russia’s Aerospace Forces comprise the air and area branches of its armed forces.
Afzalov, 55, had been appearing head of the aerospace forces after Surovikin’s dismissal. Kyiv says Afzalov performed a direct position within the planning and prosecution of Russia’s “particular army operation” launched in opposition to Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Surovikin, dubbed “Normal Armageddon” for his use of carpet bombing techniques throughout Russia’s intervention in Syria’s civil struggle, briefly headed Russia’s marketing campaign in Ukraine final 12 months earlier than being demoted in January.
He turned common amongst hardline critics of the Russian army institution together with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a failed mutiny on June 24. Prigozhin died in a airplane crash in August.
Surovikin, who had been praised publicly by Prigozhin, disappeared from public view after the mutiny. The New York Occasions reported that US intelligence believed he had recognized upfront in regards to the revolt, the largest problem to President Vladimir Putin’s authority in his 24 years in energy.
In September Surovikin apparently returned to official duties as he was part of a Russian Defence Ministry delegation that made a visit to Algeria, a significant purchaser of Russian weapons.
Russian state-run RIA and TASS information businesses had reported his appointment final week, citing sources.
Russia’s Aerospace Forces comprise the air and area branches of its armed forces.
Afzalov, 55, had been appearing head of the aerospace forces after Surovikin’s dismissal. Kyiv says Afzalov performed a direct position within the planning and prosecution of Russia’s “particular army operation” launched in opposition to Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Surovikin, dubbed “Normal Armageddon” for his use of carpet bombing techniques throughout Russia’s intervention in Syria’s civil struggle, briefly headed Russia’s marketing campaign in Ukraine final 12 months earlier than being demoted in January.
He turned common amongst hardline critics of the Russian army institution together with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a failed mutiny on June 24. Prigozhin died in a airplane crash in August.
Surovikin, who had been praised publicly by Prigozhin, disappeared from public view after the mutiny. The New York Occasions reported that US intelligence believed he had recognized upfront in regards to the revolt, the largest problem to President Vladimir Putin’s authority in his 24 years in energy.
In September Surovikin apparently returned to official duties as he was part of a Russian Defence Ministry delegation that made a visit to Algeria, a significant purchaser of Russian weapons.
