by Rich Lowry
Moscow’s savagery in Syria, among other places, foretold its tactics today.
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Pro-Russian troops inspect streets in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 7, 2022.
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Russia has found just the man to lead its ongoing assault on Ukraine: General Aleksandr Dvornikov.
As the Russian military has suffered embarrassing setbacks, retreating from its planned siege of Kyiv, a top-level general takes over a war that had no single overall commander. Dvornikov has led the Russian forces in the south and east of Ukraine, which Moscow will now make its main objective. This perfectly encapsulates the remorseless and long-running brutality of the Russian military.
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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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Russia has found just the man to lead its ongoing assault on Ukraine: General Aleksandr Dvornikov.
As the Russian military has suffered embarrassing setbacks, retreating from its planned siege of Kyiv, a top-level general takes over a war that had no single overall commander. Dvornikov has led the Russian forces in the south and east of Ukraine, which Moscow will now make its main objective. This perfectly encapsulates the remorseless and long-running brutality of the Russian military.
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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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