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War in Ukraine: Russia changes commander again

War in Ukraine: Russia changes commander again

Just a few weeks ago, Moscow appointed a new commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine. Now there is a redesign.

Around ten and a half months after the start of the war, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov as the new commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine.

The previous commander Sergei Surovikin, who only took over the post last October, should become Gerasimov’s deputy, the ministry said in Moscow.

Shoigu also appointed two other deputies, General Oleg Salyukov and Colonel-General Alexei Kim. Moscow justified the realignment with an “expansion of the scope of the tasks to be solved” and the need for closer cooperation between the individual parts of the army.

Source: Stern

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