Gen. Oleg Salyukov is the latest high-ranking military figure to be dismissed; Germany's Merz says EU sanctions on Russia ready for Tuesday. What we know on day 1,178 Vladimir Putin has sacked the chief of the Russian military's land forces, Gen. Oleg Salyukov, according to a decree published by the Kremlin, in the latest removal of a high-profile figure from Russia's military during its war on Ukraine. Salyukov, 70, will become a deputy to the also-sacked defence minister Sergei Shoigu, who was...
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The Guardian - 16 May 2025 03:17
Gen. Oleg Salyukov is the latest high-ranking military figure to be dismissed; Germany's Merz says EU sanctions on Russia ready for Tuesday. What we know on day 1,178 Vladimir Putin has sacked the chief of the Russian military's land forces, Gen. Oleg Salyukov, according to a decree published by the Kremlin, in the latest removal of a high-profile figure from Russia's military during its war on Ukraine. Salyukov, 70, will become a deputy to the also-sacked defence minister Sergei Shoigu, who was...
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