It comes after reports that Colonel General Alexander Lapin had been fired from his role as commander of Russia's Central Military District in late October.
The news follows a series of dismissals of senior Russian military commanders since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Commanders of the Eastern, Southern, and Western Military Districts were replaced earlier this year, the British MOD said.
"These dismissals represent a pattern of blame against senior Russian military commanders for failures to achieve Russian objectives on the battlefield," it added."This is in part likely an attempt to insulate and deflect blame from Russian senior leadership at home."Alexander Lapin speaks to journalists from inside a destroyed warehouse in the town of Uqayribat in Syria's eastern Hama countryside on September 15, 2017.The Institute for the Study of War , a U.S.
It noted that the Central Military District's press service had told one outlet that Linkov would temporarily replace Lapin as commander, while unnamed Russian Ministry of Defense sources told other outlets that Lieutenant-General Andrey Mordvichev would command"central" forces while Lapin is on a three-week medical leave.
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