The British Ministry of Defense has released a new intelligence report on the war in Ukraine, which states that Russia "very likely" changed several generals from key command positions they have held so far in the war in Ukraine.

"Since early June, the Russian High Command has likely removed several generals from key operational command roles in the Ukraine war," the defense ministry said in London.

The report states that the commander of the Air Force (VDV), Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, and the commander of the Southern Army Group (SGF), General Alexander Dvornikov, have been replaced. British intelligence says Dvornikov was probably the commander-in-chief of the invading forces at some point.

The Ukrainian command has ordered its forces to withdraw from the battlefield in the city of Severodonetsk after weeks of fierce street fighting to reduce casualties and allow its units to regroup, the statement added.

In the end, it is said that the command of the SGF Southern Army is likely to be transferred to Lieutenant General Sergei Surovikin, as the SGF continues to play a major role among Russian forces conducting the offensive in Donbas. Surovikin's more than XNUMX-year career is full of allegations of corruption and brutality, according to the British Ministry of Defense.

The report also said that Ukraine was likely to reconfigure its defenses in the Northeast-Lysichansk sector, while Russian armored units continued to advance along the sector's southern line, the report said.

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