MOSCOW — Russia has removed a senior general in Ukraine for giving misleading reports about the progress of the war as Defence Minister Andrei Belousov tries to clear out poor commanders, pro-Russian war bloggers and Russian media have said.
A resident in a street in Siversk, a key town in Ukraine that Russian forces have been trying to seize.
Russian media cited unidentified sources as saying that Colonel-General Gennady Anashkin, commander of the Southern Grouping, was removed from his command, though there was no official confirmation. "Anashkin was removed from office for false reports in the Seversk direction," Rybar said, using the Russian version of the place name.
If Russia could take control of the Siversk area, it could then push towards Kramatorsk, a major city in the region.
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