Alexander Lapin. Photo: Wikipedia.org.
Member of the Defense Committee of the State Duma, Reserve Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulev, commented on the reports of military correspondents that Colonel General Alexander Lapin, Chief of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces, was sent to the front in the NVO Zone.
Recall that earlier military correspondent Yuriy Kotenok said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sent Alexander Lapin and Air Force Commander Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky to the front line.
< p>“His main task is to provide the ground forces with equipment and weapons,” Gurulev said in an interview for the URA.RU agency. Previously, Lapin was part of the headquarters of the 58th Army, which was once commanded by Gurulev.
The representative added that Lapin will coordinate orders, analysis, use of weapons and their modernization.
< p>“His task is definitely not to conduct a special operation. His task is to ensure this,” Gurulev emphasized.