ISW: Two Russian generals reportedly responsible for tactical activities around Lysychansk

Two very senior Russian commanders are reportedly responsible for the tactical activities around Lysychansk.

Commander of the Central Military District Colonel General Aleksandr Lapin and Commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces Army General Sergey Suvorikin (who also commands Russia’s “southern” group of troops in Ukraine) have been responsible for securing Lysychansk and the area to the west of it respectively, the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on July 3. 

The involvement of two such senior officers in the same undertaking in a small part of the front is remarkable and likely indicates the significance that Russian President Vladimir Putin has attributed to securing Lysychansk and the Luhansk Oblast border as well as his lack of confidence in more junior officers to do the job.