He's encouraged his soldiers to come directly to him with any problems - an easygoing approach that contrasted sharply with a stiff formal style of command common for the Russian military. The 48-year-old general has risen from a platoon commander to lead a large group of forces. He claims the military leadership was angered by his frank talk about the challenges faced by his forces, particularly the shortage of radars tracking enemy artillery, which resulted in massive Russian casualties. Major general Ivan Popov commanded the 58th Combined Arms Army fighting in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region - a focal point in Ukraine's counteroffensive. Now a little more on the Russian general who claims he's been dismissed.Įarlier we reported Ivan Popov saying he had been dismissed as a commander after saying soldiers had been stabbed in the back by the failings of the top military brass (see post at 07.24).
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