Russia allegedly removed Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov from the leadership of the Western Military District of the army after the offensive of Ukrainian troops on the eastern front, writes Inside Over.

The news (reported by the Ukrainian media and special services in Kyiv) was not officially confirmed by the Kremlin or Western special services. However, Moscow’s lack of objections is a sign that many observers see removal from office as a near-certainty.

A change in leadership of operations in Ukraine would be a particularly important signal for an obvious reason: the need to replace the general stems from the tactical requirements stemming from the advancement of the Ukrainian army. And above all, it would be further evidence that Russian military leaders have more than a problem with managing the so-called “special military operation.”

For a while, Moscow actually had to change commanders on the Ukrainian field. The choice is dictated mainly by two reasons:

• the first related to the death (or wounding) of senior army officers, who were often sent to the front precisely because of the difficulties encountered by the troops during the invasion;
• the second motivation is connected, instead, with the evolution of the front, with the war, which seems much more complex and difficult for the Russians than the political leadership, as well as the military, thought.

This second group of motivations would include the removal of Roman Borisovych Berdnikov, a lieutenant general of the new generation, a graduate of the Suvorov Military School in Kyiv in the last stages of the existence of the Soviet Union, and then from the High Military Command in Moscow.

His name began to circulate outside Russia’s narrow defense circles in October 2021, when he was appointed commander of forces in Syria, the same place where he had been decorated for bravery a year earlier.

Then a delicate transition period in Ukraine, where Moscow’s armed forces began sending high-ranking officers in a disturbing rotation that showed everyone the flaws of the Russian system, which is still firmly rooted in the dictates of the Soviet bureaucracy and its military strategies.

In August, he was appointed to the leadership of the Western District instead of General Andriy Shishevo, who himself was appointed there three weeks earlier to replace Oleksandr Zhuravlev.

Shyshovo, according to unconfirmed information, was captured and is now in the hands of Ukrainians. And so, after 16 days, it could be Berdnikov’s turn in this waltz of ZVO.

If the invasion campaign launched by the Kremlin does not look like a real shock at the moment, as confirmed by several experts who warn against excessive enthusiasm for the Ukrainian counteroffensive, it is clear that the picture emerging from this continuous rotation of the high command is not a signal for optimism in the Russians.

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