RIA Novosti noted yesterday the new 58th Army Commander is General-Major Andrey Gurulev. Gurulev was previously its chief of staff. His boss, General-Major Andrey Kartapolov also moved up to be Deputy Commander, Southern MD.
Krasnaya zvezda published a personnel decree from January 20 that somehow managed to slip past. It included the following changes.
Relieve of duty:
- Colonel Oleg Viktorovich Averin, Chief, Missile-Artillery Armament Service, Western MD.
- Colonel Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Gurov, Commander, 6th Independent Tank Brigade, 20th Army.
Appoint:
- Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Vladimirovich Yerofeyev, Chief, Missile-Artillery Armament Service, Western MD.
- Colonel Andrey Vladimirovich Lipikhin, Commander, 6th Air Defense Brigade.
- Colonel Vladimir Pavlovich Omelyanovich, Commander, 6th Independent Tank Brigade, 20th Army.
Dismiss:
- General-Lieutenant Khamit Iskarovich Kamalov.
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