Teplinsky was brought back to be the designated fall guy for all of the new VDV losses happening in Bakhmut after VDV was sent in to replace Wagner trash troops destroyed by Ukrainian artillery on the flanks.
So he gets to be the fall guy TWICE? My take is that despite what most would consider unacceptable losses, Russia will take Bakhmut, and if Teplisnsky is in charge, his image will be rehabilitated. Shoigu and Gerasimov do not want to give credit to Prigozhin. Obviously I can't see behind the curtain, so who really knows...