Muuten tämä Harkovan hyökkäyksen johdossa on Gen.Col. Alexander Lapin.
"Col. Gen. Alexander Lapin no longer runs the Central Military District after he was repeatedly bashed by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Yevgeniy Prigozhin, Putin’s ally and the financier of the Wagner mercenary group, over strategic missteps and the poor performance of his troops."
"Kadyrov blamed Lapin for the Russian retreat, saying he would demote Lapin to the rank of private, strip him of his medals, and send him to the front line barefoot with a light machine gun to "wipe away his shame with blood".