Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov has been named as the new commander of Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine. How will he measure up to his predecessor nicknamed 'General Armageddon'?
US-sanctioned general replaces the so-called"General Armageddon", Sergey Surovikin, as Moscow shakes up its strategy almost a year into its conflict with Kiev.
Gerasimov was appointed on Wednesday by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, according to an announcement by the defence ministry. Two days after Surovikin's nomination, the Russian army signalled a strategic change by unleashing a wave of drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure targets.
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