{"id":36258,"date":"2022-04-10T15:03:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/10\/russia-appoints-new-ukraine-war-commander-us-official-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:58:35","slug":"russia-appoints-new-ukraine-war-commander-us-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/04\/10\/russia-appoints-new-ukraine-war-commander-us-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia appoints new Ukraine war commander, US official says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After its striking post-invasion setbacks, Russia has appointed a new Ukraine war<\/a> commander, a U.S. official said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia has turned to Gen. Alexander Dvornikov<\/a>, 60, one of Russia\u2019s most experienced military officers and \u2014 according to U.S. officials \u2014 a general with a record of brutality against civilians in Syria and other war theaters. The senior official who identified the new commander was not authorized to be identified and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this photo taken on March 17, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, poses with Col. Gen. Alexander Dvornikov during an awarding ceremony in Moscow’s Kremlin, Russia. (Alexei Nikolsky\/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But the White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said \u201cno appointment of any general can erase the fact that Russia has already faced a strategic failure in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis general will just be another author of crimes and brutality against Ukrainian civilians,\u201d Sullivan told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d \u201cAnd the United States, as I said before, is determined to do all that we can to support Ukrainians as they resist him and they resist the forces that he commands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t