Conflicts

Russia has fired 55-year-old Colonel General Gennady Anashkin. So report Russian military bloggers and Russian media. 

The man was named a “hero of Russia” as recently as 2008 for his leadership of airborne troops during the five-day war between Russia and Georgia. That is the highest honorary title in Russia. But the now 55-year-old high-ranking commander allegedly produced false reports in which he lied about the progress of his troops in eastern Ukraine. Indeed, he allegedly exaggerated firmly about the progress of his troops around the city of Siversk, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. And that has since cost him his job in the Russian military. Officially, the Russian defense ministry has not yet responded to the dismissal.

(SR for Tagtik/Source: CNN - The Telegraph/Illustration picture: Filip Andrejevic for Unsplash)

Z-bloggers report that General-Colonel Gennady Anashkin has been removed from his position as commander of the Russian Southern Group of Forces. The alleged reason is the "situation on the Siversk front" and his "unwillingness to inform the higher command about the true state of… pic.twitter.com/LtRVYh5Ir4

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