Jealousy, power struggles, political infighting: The shake-up of President Vladimir Putin's top commanders in charge of Russia's invasion of Ukraine have it all, according to some security experts.
In a move that experts say is a key shift for Russia, the Kremlin has named General Valery Gerasimov as the new overall commander of the war in Ukraine.In a move that experts say is a key shift for Russia, the Kremlin has named General Valery Gerasimov as the new overall commander of the war in Ukraine.Jealousy. Power struggles. Political infighting. This week's shake-up of Putin's top commander in charge of Russia's invasion in Ukraine has it all, according to some security experts.
"He's their top officer. The only two people above him are the Russian defense minister and the Russian president," says Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and a former analyst on Russian military capabilities for the Pentagon."He is an army general and he's been in the job for about ten years."What does this mean for the war going forward? Massicot shared her thoughts in an interview with NPR.
[Surovkin] was named the overall commander of the war effort in October, and he had previously led the operational group in the south down in Kherson, which was considered one of the more successful aspects of the invasion.
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