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General Alexander Dvornikov, a 60-year-old career soldier, was the first senior commander stationed in Syria after Russia began supporting that country's dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Dvornikov was there for 10 months, between September 2015 and July 2016.

Military analysts have argued the Russian general who was recently appointed to lead all Russian military efforts in Ukraine
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