Russian MoD yet to confirm appointment of General Lapin as ground troops chief

Russian Presidential Press Secretary, Dmitriy Peskov has commented on whether Colonel General Aleksandr Lapin has been appointed as Chief of Staff of the Ground Troops of the Russian army. 

According to Gazeta.Ru, Peskov said that he can neither confirm nor deny this information because the relevant documents regarding this have not been included among the published orders. He further pointed to the fact, that besides public orders of the president, there exist orders that are under a confidential seal. 

Caliber.Az recalls, that General Lupin has been in Western headlines in recent months as he has been used as a scapegoat for the Russian army's poor performance in Ukraine, as well as the loss of control on the strategically important city of Lyman. Criticism was voiced by Chechen leader and war promoter Ramzan Kadyrov and Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the infamous Russian paramilitary group "Wagner", heavily involved in the war in Ukraine, following which Lupin was dismissed from his role as Commander of the Russian Army Group Centre