Ukraine live updates: 3 Russian generals sacked as military struggles - USA TODAY

The poor performance of Russia’s armed forces during its invasion of Ukraine appears to have led to a shakeup in command, the British Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Gen. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Dvornikov, who had been charged with overall command of the operation in Ukraine, was removed from his post last week, the ministry said.

General-Colonel Aleksandr Zhuravlev, who had commanded Russia's Western Military District since 2018, was absent from Russia’s Navy Day in St Petersburg a week ago and has likely been replaced, the ministry said in its assessment of the war.

Another general was relieved of command of Southern Grouping Forces, the ministry said.

"These dismissals are compounded by at least 10 Russian Generals killed on the battlefield in Ukraine," the assessment said.

Ukraine’s nuclear power plant operator, Energoatom, reported that Europe's largest nuclear power plant, located in southeast Ukraine, came under Russian fire late Saturday.

Pokalchuk claimed that Ukraine's Defense Ministry was not given adequate time to respond to the findings, calling the report a "tool of Russian propaganda." Russian forces have defended attacks in civilian areas by suggesting that Ukrainian fighters set up firing positions at the targeted locations