The replacement of Sergei Surovikin is “a clear acknowledgement that the campaign is falling short,” Britain’s defense ministry said.
Moscow has once again undergone something of a corporate restructuring as it attempts to keep its invasion of Ukraine alive, replacing the conflict’s military commander with Russia’s highest-ranking military officer, Russian Ministry of Defense said Wednesday. Sergei Surovikin, a notorious figure known as “General Armageddon,” lasted barely three months in the gig before being swapped out with Valery Gerasimov.
A general who most recently served as chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces in Russia, Gerasimov’s appointment constitutes a bid to raise “the status of the leadership” in Ukraine, according to the ministry. Surovikin is expected to stay on as one of Gerasimov’s deputies.
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