Alexander Zhuravlyov

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Zhuravlyov.

Colonel General
Commands held
Battles/wars
  • Russian military intervention in Syria
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree
Order of Suvorov
Order of Military Merit

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Biography

Early career (2008-2021)

Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov with Eastern Military District Commander Zhuravlyov at the Vostok 2018 military exercise
President Putin shaking hands with Zhuravlyov

He was born in the town of

58th Army and as commander of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army before being transferred to the Southern Military District in 2015, having previously been promoted to lieutenant general in 2014.[1]

Syria (2016)

In July 2016, Lieutenant General Alexander Zhuravlyov was appointed as the commander of the Russian military forces in

Hero of Russia.[1]

Deputy Chief of General Staff (2017)

Since leaving Syria, Zhuravlyov was promoted to colonel general and appointed Deputy Chief of General Staff. In February 2017, he met with the Vice Chief of Defense Staff of the United Kingdom, General Sir Gordon Messenger to discuss renewed military cooperation in order to prevent any incidents.[2][3]

Commander of Eastern Military District (2017)

On 22 November 2017, Zhuravlyov was appointed commander of the Eastern Military District, replacing Colonel General Sergey Surovikin, who transferred to command the Russian Aerospace Forces.[4]

Syria again (2018)

In January 2018, he once again took command of the contingent of Russian military forces stationed in Syria, having taken over from General Sergey Surovikin.[5]

Commander of the Western Military District (2018)

In November 2018, he was appointed commander of the Western Military District.[6]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

As commander of the Western Military District, Zhuravlyov was responsible for the Russian troops that invaded northern

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, before Aleksandr Dvornikov was appointed overall commander on 9 April 2022.[7] On 13 May, CNN reported that newly collected evidence identified Zhuravlyov ordering the use of 17 cluster bombs, cluster munition fired from the 300mm Smerch multiple rocket launcher, by the 79th Rocket Artillery Brigade against civilian targets in Kharkiv on 27–28 February.[8] Human Rights Watch investigated the attack and concluded that the Russian forces used BM-30 Smerch cluster munition rockets, which disperse dozens of submunitions or bomblets in the air. As there were no military targets within 400 meters of these strikes and due to the indiscriminate nature of these weapons used in densely populated areas, HRW described these strikes as a possible war crime.[9][10]

He was dismissed as commander of the Western Military District in June 2022.[11]

Sanctions

As a result of Zhuravlyov's involvement in Ukraine, the Government of New Zealand enacted travel ban sanctions on him personally.[12]

Sanctioned by the

UK government on 15 March 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Smirnov, V. Журавлёв Александр Александрович (in Russian). Warheroes.ru. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. ^ Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlyov had a meeting with his British counterpart Gordon Messenger. Russian Ministry of Defense. Published 28 February 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. ^ Britain and Russia discuss easing tensions, avoiding military accidents - Ifax. Reuters. Published 28 February 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  4. ^ Pinchuk, Alexander; Khudoleyev, Viktor (29 November 2017). Штандарты в надёжных руках [Standards in Safe Hands]. Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  5. ^ В Минобороны опровергли сообщения о замене командующего российской группировкой в Сирии Interfax, 21 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Бывший командующий российскими войсками в Сирии возглавил Западный военный округ" (in Russian). Kommersant. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 9". Institute for the Study of War. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Exclusive: Russian general who oversaw atrocities in Syria led cluster bomb attacks on civilians in Ukraine". CNN News. By Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Tamara Qiblawi, Alex Platt, Victoria Butenko, Darya Tarasova and Maria Avdeeva. May 13, 2022. [1]
  9. ^ "Ukraine: Cluster Munitions Launched Into Kharkiv Neighborhoods". Human Rights Watch. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. ^ Featherstone, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Tamara Qiblawi, Alex Platt, Victoria Butenko, Darya Tarasova and Maria Avdeeva Graphics by Henrik Pettersson and Connie Chen, Video editing by Oscar (12 May 2022). "Russian general who oversaw atrocities in Syria led cluster bomb attacks in Ukraine". CNN. Retrieved 28 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Ukraine-Niederlagen trotz brutalem Vorgehen – Putin schasst wohl nächsten Top-General". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Ukraine crisis: Travel ban list a who's who of tycoons, military figures, pro-Putin influencers". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  13. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the Group of Forces in Syria
2016 		Succeeded by
Andrei Kartapolov
Preceded by Commander of the Eastern Military District
2017–2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sergei Surovikin
 Commander of the Group of Forces in Syria
2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Western Military District
2018–2022 		Succeeded by
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