Victor Afzalov has been appointed as the commander of Russia’s Aerospace Forces, replacing Sergey Surovikin, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Oct. 20.
Three commanders of one of Russia’s most prestigious airborne regiments, the 247th Guards Air Assault Landing Regiment, have either resigned or been killed since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, UK Defense Intelligence said in its report on Sept. 23.
At least five Russian paratroop regiments drawn from the 7th and 76th divisions are likely now concentrated within a few kilometers of the frontline village of Robotyne, the UK Ministry of Defense’s Defense Intelligence agency said in its Ukraine situation report for Sept. 18.