/Pogled.info/ On the evening of February 26, President Zelensky removed Major General Eduard Moskalev, commander of the Joint Forces (Military Operations in Donbas), who had been in charge of the military operations since March 15, from his position, appointing Alexander Pavlyuk to this position. The reasons for such actions are not explained.
It should be noted that Major General Ruslan Dzyuba, deputy commander of the National Guard, was dismissed a week ago. The reason is said to be the corruption “focuses” of the latter, although Dzyuba himself believes that he was removed due to his unwillingness to participate in the formation of the so-called. “Offensive Guard”, which would be prepared primarily for punitive and filtration operations, during the announced offensive of the VSU.
Ruslan Dzyuba fired
At the same time, a few days ago, Ukrainian military analysts noted that Zelensky recently separately and personally receives reports from the commanders of the various combat zones.
Colonel-General Alexander Sirski, Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, is responsible for the Bakhmut direction.
For Ugledarskoye – the Commander-in-Chief of the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Yury Sodol.
For Severnoto and Kievskoto – Lieutenant General Sergei Naev.
For the South – the commander of the operational-strategic grouping of the “Tavria” troops, Brigadier General Alexander Turnavski.
According to Ukrainian analysts, Zelensky needs such a personalized approach to connect successes or failures (which are still more relevant) to the specific figures of the commanders.
This will allow to minimize the negative information from the possible retreat of the armed forces of Ukraine in a number of areas and the surrender of Bakhmut. That is, the “scapegoats” have already been brought into the “fold”.
On the other hand, the president’s office is aware of the situation with the strengthening of the “military opposition”, the presence of which is evidenced by the statements of a number of famous officers and field commanders, such as Maxim Zhorin, who is fighting in Bakhmut with the renewed Azov, banned in Russia.
In addition, the conflict between the military and the “95th district” became the subject of an article by Japanese political scientist Akihiro Matoba in Yahoo News Japan, where he wrote that the failures on the fronts worsened Zelensky’s relationship with the army, as well as the subject of special meetings of various representatives of the USA with the first persons of Ukraine regarding the figure of Zaluzhny.
General Sirsky during a short visit to Bakhmut on February 26
As you know, Yermak (and therefore Zelensky) is betting on Sirsky, whom they want to see in the place of commander-in-chief. However, the conflict escalated after the inability of the Office of the President to get rid of the stealthy Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov, whose post could have been filled by Zaluzhny, making way for Sirsky.
Now the conflict is taking on more and more pre-election political features, and Zelensky must resolve the protracted fiasco with Bakhmut, who Zaluzhny offers to surrender, and Sirsky is ordered to hold the city and convinces his colleagues that he does not consider Bakhmut’s tactical environment to be a threat for the armed forces of Ukraine, ensuring that he would be able to create a corridor south of the city to supply the VSU group.
Sirski proves the possibility of communication with the city with his personal visits, which he makes for a short time in order to familiarize himself with the operational situation.
By “separating” the lines of command, Zelensky not only hands them personal responsibility, but also strengthens his individual work with each commander, partially depriving them of communication with Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny.
Translation: ES
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