A military official told US journalists about the change of command in OTG Donetsk on Saturday.
According to CNN, General Alexander Lutsenko, who previously led this operational-tactical group, was heavily criticized for his failure to stop the Russian advance on Pokrovsk.
According to the interactive map of the DeepState project, the Russian occupiers are located 3 km from this city. It is believed that the capture of Pokrovsk is of strategic importance to the Kremlin.
Reference: General Tarnavsky in October 2022 headed the newly formed OSUV (operational-strategic group of forces) “Kherson” and led the liberation of the city and the region. In December, OSUV was renamed “Tavria”.
In 2023, troops of the Tavria OSUV carried out a counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye region.
Tarnavsky is a holder of all degrees of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
