Alexander Lapin is a Russian general, whom Ramzan Kadyrov accuses of retreat in Ukraine and calls the "Dicerrier"

What is known about him? And how did his troops act?

On October 27, Ramzan Kadyrov made a harsh criticism of the commander of the central military district of Colonel General Alexander Lapin. The head of Chechnya said that General was responsible for the defense of the plot in the north of the Donetsk region, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine had recently occurred. The forces thrown to the rescue allegedly “could not find Lapin’s fighters for a day,” who are ultimately “still caught” in the area of ​​the ribs and kremeny - demoralized, “without communication, nutrition and ammunition”.

According to Kadyrov, he himself cannot contact Lapin for several days to discuss what happened: "My guys cannot find him."

The story is repeated with the surrender of the line of defense Red Liman . One to one. And the tragedy in this area has so far avoided only due to the correct deployment of forces on the second echelon of the defense line. Now the defense of Svatovo and Makeevka is behind Lapin.

I ask the questions: no one is interested in how Lapin received a star for the capture of Lisichansk, in which he was not even? No one is interested in how he managed to pass the Red Liman and why was there no check? No one is interested in how he managed to open a gap for the enemy and why was there no check again?

No one is interested in where he is now? No one is interested in who covers him so well?

Kadyrov publicly criticizes General Lapin for the first time. The head of Chechnya published the previous similar post on October 1 - shortly after the Russian army left Liman. Then Kadyrov called Lapin the “rebound” and stated that the general, leading this defense section, did not provide the necessary means of mobilized fighters from the Luhansk region, and he allegedly “stuck” in Lugansk.

It's a shame that Lapin is a mediocrity. And the fact that he is covered at the top of leaders in the General Staff. If my will, I would have unclenched Lapin to the ordinary, would deprive the awards and with a machine gun in my hands would send my shame on the front line with blood.

Not all noticeable “patriotic” media agree with Kadyrov’s statements. So, the telegram channel “Rybar” (1.1 million subscribers), having listed the merits and failures of General Lapin, said that he “certainly does not stand out for the worse”, and is also not responsible for the failure in the estuary-according to the “Rybar”, the case was in the pointer units of the Western Military District.

“Military Code” Yuri Kotenok noted that his colleagues “have no problems in communication” with the general (probably we are talking about his accessibility for communication). A video was also published in which the general in the trench is allegedly communicated with mobilized ones, and photographs of the fired advanced command posts, from where, as claimed, Lapin led his subordinates.

What is known about General Lapina

Alexander Lapin (born in 1964) commands the Central Military District (CVO) since 2017. In the note on this appointment, Kommersant wrote from the words of a familiar general that his “career growth was facilitated by personal qualities”: “unpretentious and executive, he not only fulfilled orders, but,“ it seems that he even enjoy their performance. ”

From 2012 to July 8, 2014, Alexander Lapin was the commander of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army, which includes the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade. According to the international investigation , the Buk was delivered from the base of this brigade near Kursk to the east of Ukraine, from which the Boeing Malaysian Boeing was shot down on July 17, 2014. Investigators from Bellingcat mentioned Lapin in their report on the Russian military who could be responsible for the crash of the aircraft, noting that Buk went from the base at the end of June.

Before being appointed to the Central Military District, Alexander Lapin headed the headquarters of the Russian group in Syria. In one of the publications of the "Fisher" in his defense there is such a paragraph:

Lapin had a chance to face personally in Syria, during the first capture of Palmyra. Before our eyes, the Russian general dragged the Syrian caricature military leaders to the front edge by the scruff of the Syrian caricature, defeated their radio heads when they could not report where their escaped troops.

After the appointment of the CVO commander, Lapin was periodically mentioned in the news of peaceful life - about the participation of the military in the restoration of the message between the settlements in the Altai Territory after the snow storm, in extinguishing natural fires , in the disinfection of temples or in providing hospitals with covid patients with oxygen.

One of the first references to Lapin in the media after Russia's invasion of Ukraine was the plot of “Stars” (this is the Ministry of Defense TV channel) about how Lapin “directly on the front line” rewards the military who “showed courage and heroism in the liberation of settlements in the Chernihiv region”. The plot was released on March 29, and over the next few days, Russia completely withdrew its troops from the north of Ukraine. In addition, as the Russian BBC service found out , among the awarded Lapin his son was Lieutenant Colonel Denis Lapin.

On June 24, the Ministry of Defense at the next briefing reported that the formations of the Russian group “Center” under the command of Colonel General Lapin broke through the “well-prepared defense” of Ukrainian troops, defeated the enemy and blocked Lysychansk. On July 3, Lapina was again celebrated personally - in a message about the environment of Lisichansk, and the next day Vladimir Putin awarded the general the title of Hero of Russia for participating in the capture of the Luhansk region.

Subsequently, the general was mentioned mainly in regular reports of the awarding of distinguished military personnel of the CVO. The last of them was released on August 29 - a few days before the start of the active counterattack of the Armed Forces in the east of Ukraine.

The latest news about the commander of the CVO (except for the angry statement of Kadyrov) was distributed by Sota. According to the publication, a mobilized soldier, whose unit without an order retreated from the advanced after shelling in the Svatovo area, said that Alexander Lapin “demanding to go back” put a gun to the head of the company commander.

How the troops acted under the command of Lapin in Ukraine

At the beginning of the Russian invasion of the Central Executive Committee, under the leadership of General Alexander Lapin, attacked Kyiv from the east - and, unlike military personnel of the Western Military District, managed to reach the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital, but were stopped at the city of Brovary. The group could not establish the supply of advanced parts: the main forces were bogged down in battles in a vast territory from Sumy to Chernigov.

One of the units stopped under the Brovary were parts of the 90th Panzer Division. The military from its composition stood in the village of Bogdanovka; The Ukrainian authorities accused the military of this unit Mikhail Romanov of murder and rape.

Another unit of the Central Department Store-the 15th “peacekeeping” brigade-stood near Kiev, in the village of Peremoga. In rewind, the Russians, as established later, tortured and killed civilians. During the retreat at the end of March, parts of the brigade fell under Ukrainian fire in the village of New Basan and suffered heavy losses.

After leaving the north of Ukraine, the troops under the leadership of Lapin were sent to the east of the country. In May, they, in particular, captured the estuary of Donetsk region (the one that was lost in September). In the same month, the subordinates of General Lapin from the 74th motorized rifle brigade made an extremely unsuccessful attempt to cross the Seversky Donets in the Belogorovka area under the fire of Ukrainian artillery-dozens of equipment, including tanks, BMPs and engineering machines, were lost.

In the summer, Russian forces captured Severodonetsk and Lisichansk (for which the general received the title of Hero of Russia). Despite the words of Ramzan Kadyrov that Lapina in Lisichansk was “not”, the military personnel of the Central Hospital participated in this operation and, in particular, stormed the Lisichensk refinery. After the seizure of the plant, there was a threat of the environment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lisichansk, and they were forced to leave the city.

After the successful advance of the Ukrainian troops in the Kharkov region, Lapin, as Ukrainian intelligence stated in mid -September, entrusted the Office and the forces of the Western Military District, which could not cope with the defense of this area. Already when Lapin accepted the command, the Russian army lost Liman and the village of Kupyansk-Uzlova-at the same time, apparently, he did not have enough strength for their defense at his disposal.

At the end of October, Lapin leads the defense of the city of Svatovo in the Lugansk region.