Russia Replaces Commander for Ukraine War, as Signs of Dissension Grow
1/11/2023
Russia Replaces Commander for Ukraine War, as Signs of Dissension Grow
Russia has replaced the general in charge of its trouble-plagued war against Ukraine, amid signs of dissension among President Vladimir V. Putin’s top allies — a shake-up that critics said would not address what ails the Russian military.
Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, whose appointment the Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday, is a longtime Kremlin ally, chief of the military general staff since 2012, and an executor of the failed plan for the initial invasion in February.
It was the second time in just three months that the ministry replaced the chief of the war effort
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