For military crimes: Putin increased in the rank of three generals of the Russian Federation - isw
The day before, there was an increase in the rank of three generals suspected of issuing orders related to violence against Ukrainian citizens. This became known from the ISW report. According to the source, on September 6, Putin awarded new military titles to three Russian generals. Details about who received these titles were provided by the drafting of the Institute for the Study of War.
One of them is Andriy Mordvichev, who holds the post of commander of the Central Military District and the Central Grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine. It is known that Andriy Mordvichev and Gennady Alashkin received the title of Colonel-General, with Andriy Mordvichev commanded the 8th City Army in the Southern Military District, and Gennady Alashkin holds a similar position.
Oleksandr Shestakov, Head of the Main Armored Department of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, received the title of Lieutenant General. The institute noted that the relevant increases provide for the assignment to each of the generals, which corresponds to its current command. And it is not necessary to consider this process something special.
"Putin is probably assigned these increases now to reward the loyalty and obedience to the highest Russian military command, not in order to recognize the results of hostilities or specific responsibilities," the report reads. The Russian human rights activist and founder of the organization Gulagu. net Vladimir Ossechkin shared his thoughts on this. He believes that Putin will try to hide all war crimes. It can eliminate Surovikin.
Ossichkin drew attention to the fact that the "bunker grandfather" moved away from all accusations of war crimes related to the actions of the Wagner PEC. In his opinion, this testifies to his desire to translate all the responsibility to Dmitry Utkin and Yevgeny Prigogine, who are believed to take many secrets and key data with them. We will remind that Sergey Surovika held the position of commander-in-chief of the air and space forces of the Russian Federation.
In October 2022, he was sent to command "special operation" in Ukraine. But in January 2023, Surovikina was displaced by the commander and appointed the deputy of their successor. After the rebellion organized by the founder of the Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogin, the Russian Federation began cleaning among higher military officials suspected of involvement in the rebellion. General Surovikin was probably among the detainees. A few days after Prigogine's death, Surovkin appeared in Moscow.