Putin appoints new general to oversee Ukraine invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put general Aleksandr Dvornikov in charge of the country’s invasion in Ukraine as Moscow’s forces regroup after failing to capture the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the BBC and The New York Times reported on Saturday.

The New York Times reported that Dvornikov, commander of Russia’s southern military district, has significant combat experience in Syria, where he commanded Russian forces for a year beginning in 2015.