A senior Russian commander who was formerly dismissed over his not successful assault attempts in eastern Ukraine has been appointed to a leading post, a regional officialsaid Thursday.Colonel General Rustam Muradov wasformally relieved of his command of the Eastern Military District after Russian soldiers suffered high casualty rates and devices losses during attacks on the town of Vuhledar in early 2023.
Russia eventually recorded Vuhledar last month.According to Magomed Kurbanov, the head of the republic of Dagestans Tabasaransky district, President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree naming Muradov as first deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian ground forces.
Muradov is from the Tabasaransky district.Were confident that under your sensible leadership, the nations ground forces will continue to maintain the highest requirements of professionalism, Kurbanovwrote in a congratulatory Telegram post.The governmental decree on Muradovs newest visit has actually not been released on the site of Russias legal function as of Friday morning, and Russias defense ministry has actually not commented on Muradovs appointment.As the right-hand male of commander-in-chief Oleg Salyukov, Muradov would manage an army of around half a million troops and branches of serviceincluding tanks, artillery, air defense and motorized rifles.Russias prominent pro-war military blog writers voiced dissatisfaction with the news of Muradovs new post.Muradov is under EU, U.K.
and other Western sanctions over Russias 2022 intrusion of Ukraine.