Colonel General Alexander Lapin, Chief of the Land Forces Main Staff, and Colonel General Mikhail Teplinskiy, Commander of the Air Forces, were sent to the special military operations zone by order of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. In this respect Telegram said war correspondent Yuri Kotenok.
“On March 30, Teplinsky was recalled from vacation by the Minister of Defense and sent to the front, without spending a full day at Air Force headquarters,” wrote Kotenok.
According to him, Lapin, together with Teplinsky, also flew to Rostov-on-Don on the same plane.
January 10 reportedThat Lapin was appointed Chief of Staff of the Land Forces. In 2017, he was appointed commander of the troops of the Central Military District, and until the end of October 2022 led the “Central” group of Russian troops in a special operation in Ukraine.
Earlier, Lapin’s activities were criticized by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, after which contradictory news came about both the departure of the general and the “holiday”.