That is according to a latest the U.K. Defense Ministry’s Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine, The Kyiv Independent reports.
According to the UK Defense Intelligence update, the dismissal of senior-ranking Russian military officials like Muradov is "likely" to continue given Russia's inability to achieve its objective of seizing the whole of Ukraine's Donbas region.
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Muradov came into the role as commander of the Eastern Group of Forces after its failure in the attack on Kyiv from the northwest at the start of the full-scale invasion.
Since Muradov became commander, the Eastern Group of Forces has suffered "exceptionally heavy casualties" and failed to capture Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast as a result of ill-conceived assaults.
The failures of the Eastern Group of Forces' operations in Donetsk Oblast have incited criticism not only from Russian commentators but also Muradov's own troops, the UK Defense Intelligence noted.
![The UK Defense Intelligence Says russian High-Ranking Commander Responsible for Defeat at Vuhledar Has highly likely Dismissed, Colonel General of the russian Armed Forces Rustam Muradov, Defense Express](/media/contentimages/a94642e95f92f150.jpg)
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