War in Ukraine: Media: Kiev basic changed on vital part of the entrance | EUROtoday

The commander of the Ukrainian Army Group Donetsk, Olexander Lutsenko, has been changed after a number of critical defeats in Kiev, in line with constant media studies. He will likely be changed by Olexander Tarnavskyj, the web portal “Ukrainskaya Pravda” reported, citing a supply within the armed forces. The new appointment has not but been formally introduced. The disaster going through Ukrainian troops within the east of the nation has worsened in current weeks.

Lutsenko was accountable for the sector of the entrance across the strategically vital cities of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove. Kurakhove has already been partially captured by Russian troops and is on the snapping point. The Ukrainian military has already held town longer than many consultants beforehand predicted.

However, the navy management acquired sharp criticism for the insufficient protection at Pokrovsk. There it allowed Russian troops south of town to interrupt via what had been really well-developed and conveniently situated protection strains. This now threatens not solely the encirclement of Pokrovsk, but additionally an additional advance of Russian troops in direction of the Dnipropetrovsk space.

Tarnavsky is without doubt one of the most well-known generals in Ukraine. He led Ukraine’s profitable counterattacks within the south of the nation in 2022, which led to the recapture of Kherson. However, in the summertime of 2023 he failed in his try and pressure a breakthrough in neighboring Zaporizhia and later within the protection of the Avdiivka fortress within the Donetsk area.

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