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| Teplinsky appointed commander of the Dnepr group of troops |
| 2023-10-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Commander of the Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky , has been appointed commander of the Dnepr group of troops. Izvestia reported this on October 29,citing a source. Previously, Teplinsky served as deputy commander of a joint group of Russian troops. Before Mikhail Teplinsky, Dnepr was commanded by Colonel General Oleg Makarevich, who is planned to be appointed to another position. The new commander is 54 years old. He graduated from the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School named after Army General Margelov, the Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Armed Forces and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. During his service, Teplinsky participated in the Battle of Transnistria, the first and second Chechen wars and in a military operation in Syria. Currently - in the Northern Military District. He has many awards. As Regnum reported , Colonel General Viktor Afzalov became the new commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. In August 2023, it was reported that Afzalov was appointed acting commander- in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. In September 2023, data on General Sergei Surovikin , who previously headed the Aerospace Forces, was removed from the official website of the Ministry of Defense from the section “Commanders-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. ” |
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