Demoted for wasting $8 billion in cruise missiles on infrastructure attacks that were supposed to force Ukraine to give Putin what he wants.
Also, the fall guy for losing Kherson.
interesting...
“Also, the fall guy for losing Kherson.”
Surovikin got the job by presenting the plan of abandoning the hard to defend Kherson and reallocating those troops to gain superiority on the other fronts.
Part 1 of that plan worked. But those withdrawn troops managed to do nothing but die in trenches around Bakhmut.