Russia: Belousov Replaces Shoigu as Defense Minister
May 13, 2024 Hour: 7:18 am
On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed former First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov as the new Defense Minister, succeeding Sergei Shoigu, who moves to the role of Russian Security Council Secretary.
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The 65-year-old Belousov has held various positions including assistant to the President on economic issues, Minister of Economic Development, Director of the Department of Economics and Finance at the Government Office, and General Director of the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-term Forecasting.
In a separate decree, Putin appointed Shoigu, the defense minister since 2012, as the Secretary of the Security Council, replacing Nikolai Patrushev.
The Kremlin said that it will soon announce the new appointment for Patrushev. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Shoigu will also become Deputy President in the commission on the military-industrial complex.
⚡️����Man of the hour in his first day on the job (well, not officially yet):
❗️ “Life does not come down only to monetary allowance” – candidate for the post of Minister of Defense Andrei Belousov said that the Ministry of Defense “has something to work on.”
“This also applies… pic.twitter.com/SZklS05YdK
— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771)
May 13, 2024
On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that its armed forces made significant gains in the Kharkov region after capturing four settlements.
The units of its North group had made advancements deep into Ukrainian defenses, seizing the settlements of Gatyshche, Krasnoye, Morokhovets, and Oleynikovo in the Kharkov region.
Three Ukrainian brigades suffered heavy losses in the settlements of Degtyarnoye, Volchansk, and Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkov region, losing up to 100 servicemen, two tanks, an armored vehicle Kozak and four vehicles.
Russian armed forces have been actively advancing in the Kharkov region for several days. More than 4,000 people have been evacuated from the region since Russia launched the latest round of missile attacks on Friday, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said on Sunday.
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Vladimir Putin was sworn in as president of Russia in Moscow, having been re-elected with 87.28 percent of the vote in the elections held last March. pic.twitter.com/naEjCRKsgN
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish)
May 8, 2024
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Autor: teleSUR/ JF
Fuente: Xinhua
