"Grade in shoulder straps": General Lapin is appointed by the Chief of Staff of the Land Forces of the Russian Federation - the media
Prior to this appointment, the Russian military commander commanded a group of "Center" troops in the Russian-Ukrainian war. About it reports the RBC agency with reference to the source in the Ministry of Defense. According to Roszma reports, Lapin will again hold a leading position in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, despite the sharp criticism after the failure of the Russian attack in the north of Ukraine and the escape of the invaders in the Kharkiv direction.
In particular, he was addressed by disappointing words by Chechnya Kadyrov's head and the founder of Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigogine. Colonel-General Oleksandr Lapin is involved in a full-scale invasion of Ukraine from the very beginning-under his leadership the union of the Central Military District came to Chernihiv, Kyiv and Sumy regions. However, under the command of the military commander, no regional center in the north of Ukraine was captured by Russian troops.
More at the end of March 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation announced the "regrouping of troops", which later became a meme. The failure of the occupation of the northern regions and the seizure of Kiev by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was justified by the fact that Russian troops without storming cities to avoid victims among the civilians, allegedly shaking Ukrainian units in this direction.
It was stated that "the purpose of regrouping the Russian Armed Forces is to intensify actions in priority directions and, above all, the completion of the operation to fully release the Donbass. " In addition, General Lapin was distinguished during the Counter -offshore of the Armed Forces in the Kharkiv direction and in the Luhansk region.
Commenting on the actions of General, Kadyrov noted that Lapina warned about a possible failure on this section of the front, as reported to the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. However, the General assured Kadyrov that he did not doubt Lapin's commander -in -chief and does not believe that the estuary and his environs may be retreating.
The track record of Lapin's achievements also failed to cross the occupiers through the Seversky Donets near Bigorivka last May, where the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation suffered significant losses, trying to force the water obstacle. In connection with the series of failed decisions, the voices of Lapin began to sound at the Front among the Putin environment, accusing him of a talentless fighting.
This was especially distinguished by Kadyrov, who exploded with angry posts on Telegram against the Russian warlord. On October 1 last year, after the retreat of the invaders from the estuary, the Head of Chechens wrote that during the defense of the boundaries of the estuary, Lapin exhibited mobilized fighters from the LNR, but did not provide them with the necessary connection, interaction and transportation of ammunition. "It's unfortunate not that Lapin is a gift.
But the fact that he is covered up above the General Staff. Kadyrov wrote. "Putin's chef" Yevgeny Prigogin also did not stay away and called Lapin to the idol at the same time, however, indirectly remembering his name. "Let the plowmen continue to work for the sake of victory and minimization of losses, and the poor, Ramzan Akhmatovich knows who I talk about, should be taken away immediately," said Prigogine.
At the same time, despite the criticism of Lapin by significant figures from the environment of Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin top, apparently, calculated differently. Thus, in July 2022, Putin honored Lapin's senior title "Hero of Russia" with the wording "for courage and heroism revealed during military duty. " In connection with the appointment of General Lapin to the post, the former "Defense Minister of the DNR" Igor Strelkov-Girkin wrote that it looks like a misunderstanding.
Moreover, this decision is the leadership of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Khamski demonstrates its own invulnerability. " "It is not in its team traits (if they are at all), but that it was under his command that our troops were severely defeated under Balaklia and Izium, leaving nearly 10 cities and" rugging "from Kharkiv region," - he wrote. Strelkov.