New Russian commander in Ukraine oversaw brutal campaign in Syria.

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Cliff Levy
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The Russian general now in charge in Ukraine oversaw the Kremlin's brutal, scorched-earth campaign in Syria, which drew intense criticism from human rights groups.
He was named a Hero of the Russian Federation for his role there.
By @NYTBen
In a photo provided by Russian state-run media, President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Gen. Aleksandr V. Dvornikov during an award ceremony in 2016.
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New Russian commander in Ukraine oversaw brutal campaign in Syria.
12:35 PM · Apr 9, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/09/world/ukraine-russia-war-news#new-russian-commander-in-ukraine-oversaw-brutal-campaign-in-syria

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The Russian general who has been put in charge of the invasion of Ukraine earned distinction in Moscow for his handling of his country’s intervention in the Syrian civil war, where he helped to oversee a brutal, scorched-earth campaign that drew criticism from many countries and human rights groups.

The general, Aleksandr V. Dvornikov, was dispatched to Syria in 2015 to shore up the flagging forces of President Bashar al-Assad and directed Russian forces there for a year. He was named a Hero of the Russian Federation for his role and is currently the commander of Russia’s southern military district.

Under his command, Russian forces in Syria were widely accused of bombing civilian neighborhoods, targeting hospitals and resorting to other tactics to try to break the back of the rebel movement that sought to oust Mr. al-Assad.

“Bashar al-Assad is not the only one to be held accountable for killing civilians in Syria — the Russian general should too,” said Rami Abdulrahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor based in Britain. “As the commander of military operations, that means he’s behind killing Syrian civilians by giving the orders.”

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[dalton99a]

1. Hope he dies soon.

[Turbineguy]

2. Stylish uniform

he can wear it at his war crimes trial.

[Irish_Dem]

3. This tells us it is going to keep getting worse in Ukraine.

[Crunchy Frog]

4. We need to massively step up the military assistance

instead of sitting around wringing our hands.

I understand that we've given them "lots" of military assistance, but I don't believe that it's nearly enough. Given the trillions of $ that we've poured into our MIC, I don't understand why we can't fully utilize it in a situation where it's clearly called for.

JMHO.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

6. Mine too.

To the teeth.

Wish we were training Ukranian crews on earlier-model Abrams tanks.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

5. Switchblade the living fuck out of this murderer.

Literally.



Fuck Russia.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. I believe that it will not be long before we see

groups of militants going into Russian territory in order to carry out Special Denazification Operations

I hope we will soon see instances of operations inside Russia to hit military targets, especially supply lines and soldiers waiting for deployment.

[Botany]

8. Looks like a nice guy

Hey General remember to use your cell phone.

[DFW]

9. I hope he spends lots of time in the field

The Ukrainians seem to be having little difficulty in locating top Russian brass once in their territory.

[Native]

10. I was thinking the very same thing.

[Botany]

11. I am willing to bet the Ukrainian fighters are getting really top notch intel from our people.

Please have Gen. Aleksandr V. Dvornikov go into Ukraine and pick up a cell phone, a satellite phone,
or even drive in a vehicle. Trust me we have "ears and eyes" on those fuckers. This isn't Syria,
Chechnya, or Crimea (where Flynn sold the people of Crimea and America too out to Putin) ... this
the is the real deal for America and NATO and they are not f-ing around.