{"id":1434719,"date":"2022-04-13T08:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434719"},"modified":"2022-04-13T08:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:30:13","slug":"this-russian-general-now-in-charge-of-ukraine-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-russian-general-now-in-charge-of-ukraine-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"This Russian General Now in Charge of Ukraine Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-russian-general-now-in-charge-of-ukraine-invasion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Almost two months into the\u00a0Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military finally appointed a general to oversee the whole war effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin has appointed\u00a0General Alexander Dvornikov\u00a0to oversee the war in Ukraine. He is assuming command at a crucial point for the Russian war effort, and he certainly doesn\u2019t have an easy job.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-a-tough-job-ahead\"><strong>A tough job ahead\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Up to this point, Dvornikov was commanding the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/04\/10\/russia-general-alexander-dvornikov-ukraine-commander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russian southern military district<\/a>, a position he got after coming back from Syria, where he had served as the first commander of the Russian expeditionary force that saved Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from defeat. For his actions in Syria, he was made a \u201cHero of the Russian Federation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new Russian commander is faced with three main concerns: poor logistics, low morale, and military incompetence at various levels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Russian President Vladimir Putin and General Alexander Dvornikov. (Russian government)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dvornikov has to deal with the mounting logistical issues that have been plaguing the Russian campaign from the start.\u00a0Russian military\u00a0commanders haven\u2019t been able to supply their frontline troops with basic necessities, such as ammunition, water, and food. The Russian military also lacks a competent off-road capability, forcing resupply convoys to drive down highways or single-lane roads, thus making them an easy target for Ukrainian ambushes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Dvornikov has to deal with the low morale of his troops. The Russian soldier didn\u2019t know he was going to war against Ukraine until he was already in the country. He was also told that the Ukrainian military were a bunch of Nazis that couldn\u2019t put up a good fight. So, when he realized that things were a lot different than what Moscow was saying and saw his buddies get killed right and left, he became\u00a0demoralized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Dvornikov has to deal with incompetence at various levels in the chain of command. The Russian forces have committed several blunders thus far, including launching an air assault on Antonov airport near Kyiv but not supporting the airhead, communicating in unsecure channels, or sending resupply convoys without any escort.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-4-1125x750-1.jpg\" alt=\"Russian general ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-48883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-4-1125x750-1.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-4-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-4-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-4.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Destroyed Russian tanks in Ukraine. (Twitter via @Oryx)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe reports we\u2019re seeing of a change in military leadership and putting a general in charge who was responsible for the brutality and the atrocities we saw in Syria shows that there\u2019s going to be a continuation of what we\u2019ve already seen on the ground in Ukraine and that\u2019s what we are expecting,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said about the new Russian military appointment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the new appointment, Moscow can\u2019t distract from the fact that its military has been failing badly in Ukraine. \u201cNo appointment of any general can erase the fact that Russia has already faced a strategic failure in Ukraine,\u201d U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandboxx.us\/blog\/how-russias-warfare-doctrine-is-failing-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Is The Russian Military Doing So Poorly In Ukraine?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"war-crimes-and-poor-discipline\"><strong>War crimes and poor discipline\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>But beyond the strictly military aspect of the war, Dvornikov is facing the fact that his troops are committing\u00a0war crimes\u00a0with horrific ease. The\u00a0atrocities\u00a0committed by the Russian troops are a sign of poor discipline, something that should concern the general. An ill-disciplined force that takes out its frustration on innocent civilians won\u2019t be as effective on the frontlines against a competent military.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dvornikov himself has a history of brutality, especially in Syria, where he oversaw a brutal air campaign that indiscriminately targeted urban centers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-2.jpg\" alt=\"Russian general ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-48881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sandboxx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-2-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/RUS-2-768x497-1.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption>Russian VDV paratroopers during a parade. The paratroopers are an elite force that has failed greatly in Ukraine. (Wikimedia.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis general will just be another author of crimes and brutality against Ukrainian civilians. And the United States, as I said before, is determined to do all that we can to support Ukrainians as they resist him and they resist the forces that he commands,\u201d Sullivan added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the U.K.-based Airwars, an open-source intelligence center, the Russian air campaign in support of Assad killed nearly 25,000 Syrian civilians between 2015 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandboxx.us\/blog\/the-russian-militarys-weak-nco-corps-on-display-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Weak NCO Corps the Reason Behind Russia\u2019s Faltering War?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"unity-of-command\"><strong>Unity of command\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One of the basic principles of warfare is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbcharleston.jb.mil\/News\/Commentaries\/Display\/Article\/238522\/unity-of-command-still-important-principle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unity of command<\/a>: If a military force doesn\u2019t have unity of command, then it is less effective than it could be. <\/p>\n<p>Lacking unity of command also invites disaster, because if the opponent practices it, it is likelier that he will take advantage of cracks that appear due to poor communications and poor tactical and operational goals.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a lack of unity of command can cause blue-on-blue (friendly fire) incidents because units from different fronts don\u2019t talk to each other. There have already been reports of Russian aircraft and artillery bombing and shelling their own troops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If there is no unity of command, it is as if there was no brain in a body to control the arms and legs, resulting in the arms and legs not communicating with each other and moving on their own. No body can go far with such an odd arrangement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-read-more-from-sandboxx-news\">Read more from Sandboxx News<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost two months into the\u00a0Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military finally appointed a general to oversee the whole war effort.\u00a0 The Kremlin has appointed\u00a0General Alexander Dvornikov\u00a0to oversee the war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1434719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1434719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1434719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1434719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1434719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}