Russia's Ukraine commander is missing?
Gen. Aleksandr Dvornikov, picked by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month to take over the invasion of Ukraine, has disappeared, according to a new report.
The so-called Butcher of Syria has not been seen in two weeks, leading officials to speculate that he is no longer in command of the campaign, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Dvornikov, who was given command of Russia's Southern Military District after achieving infamy for his brutal campaigns in Syria, was tasked in early April with conquering Ukraine's eastern Donbas region after a large-scale attack on Ukraine floundered in the face of heavy resistance led by President Volodymyr Zelensky and backed by much of the West.
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According to the New York Times, U.S. officials said shortly after Dvornikov arrived that he attempted to get what the report characterized as "disjointed air and land units to coordinate their attacks." However, as the headline of the report stresses, U.S. officials said Russian forces are repeating the same mistakes that prompted Putin to turn to Dvornikov in the first place, even as they have captured some territory.
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It is not clear where he might be, but the Russian operations appear to be more coordinated but on a much smaller scale at this point as they focus on what looks like unstrategic objectives for the apparent reason of wanting to say they have made progress.
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