Ukrainian war: who is the Russian general Dvornikov, the new commander of operations

There Russia reorganized the command of its operations in Ukraine putting to the guide of the invasion the general Alexander Dvornikovan officer with a great deal of military experience who also fought on the ground in Syria, reports the Bbc

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Since the beginning of the Russian military intervention in Syriain the 2015has been Commander of the Armed Forces Grouping. Six months after the president Vladimir Putin handed him the Golden Star of the Russian Federation for the value of its operations

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Dvornikov was born in 1961 to Ussurijska small town in the far east of the Federationa short distance from the border with China and North Korea and a stone’s throw from Vladivostok

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In the 1978 Dvornikov entered the Command school of the superior combined arms of Moscow. In the 1982 served in the military district of the Far East as a platoon commander, company commander and battalion leader

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In the 1991 he graduated at the Military Academy and served in the Group of Western Forces as a deputy. And then from 1992 to 1994 has commanded a Brigade a Berlin. From 2000 to 2003 she served in the military district of Caucasus as Chief of Staff and then Commander

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In the early 2000s it does fast career climbing i military ranks. From Siberian district up to that Oriental, serves as Chief of Staff and then as Deputy Commander. In the September 2015 the turning point arrives: he is entrusted with the command of the group of Russian troops in Syria

In an interview from 2016 he really spoke of threat which could have come from an enlargement of Born in Ukraine: “We have our own presence outside the Russian Federation, to which we attribute a very important role for the southwestern stability. The units are constantly ready for combatable to carry out their mission at any time”

Dvornikov he knows armament very well at your disposal: “Le flying unit and air defense lined up in Crimea are equipped with newer weapons. In military airports, we have the moderns Su-30SM fighterthe Ka-52 Alligator helicopters And Mi-28N Night Hunter. THE anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 Triumph ei anti-aircraft guns Pantsir-S are on defense duty. We have new ones submarines and ships in the Black and Caspian seas which allowed us to increase the training of soldiers ”