Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov presented to the new commander in chief of the Russian Ground Forces, Colonel General Andrei Mordvyov Standart and introduced it to the personnel, the newspaper of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation “Red Star” said. Mordvicvyv replaced Oleg Salyukov, as a decree of the Russian Secretary of the Russian Safety Council, as a decree of the Russian Security Council on this post. On the same day, Russian telegram channels reported the appointment of Mordvichov, but there was still no official confirmation of this. At the appointment of the Ground Forces of the Ground Forces, Mordvyv commanded the troops of the Central Military District and the Group of the Center forces, which is fighting in Ukraine. The publication of the Red Star says that Belousov called the new chief committee of the Ground Forces “an experienced military officer,” Belousov, Which fully revealed the talent of the military leader during the “. Andrya Mordvyov is 49 years old. He is one of the youngest colonel generals in the Russian army, and with a new appointment he must receive the title of Army General, the Russian BBC service noted. The publication publication says that before the start of a full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, “there were not many bright pages in the biography of Mordvicov.” At the same time, over the three years of the war, the military managed to get a promotion in the rank, become the hero of Russia and the commander of all troops of the Central Military District. The beginning of the war, Mordvichev commanded units of the 8th Army of the Southern Military District, which stepped on Mariupol, took it in siege and actually turned the city into ruins. According to the SBU, Mordvyov, among other things, led the assault on the Azovstal plant, where Ukrainian military and civilians took refuge. The Red Star also calls among the “serious successes”, which were achieved by the Center group under the command of Mordvich, the “liberation” of Avdeevka, Donetsk region. The city was also completely destroyed during the fighting. In Ukraine, Mordvichov was accused of three criminal articles, including under an article on the fraud of an aggressive war. (Tagstotranslate) News
