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Chief of General Staff Gerasimov Named Commander of Russian Forces in Special Military Operation
Chief of General Staff Gerasimov Named Commander of Russian Forces in Special Military Operation
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Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, has been appointed Commander of the Russian Joint Group of Forces as part of a special military operation in Ukraine.
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Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, has been appointed Commander of the Russian Joint Group of Forces as part of a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday. The Defense Ministry added that Commander of the Aerospace Forces General Sergey Surovikin, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov and Deputy Chief of the General Staff Colonel General Alexei Kim have been named Gerasimov's deputies.The new appointments in the leadership of the special military operation are connected with the expansion of the scale of the tasks being solved and the need for closer interaction between all types and branches of the military, the MoD explained.Gerasimov replaced General Surovikin, who was appointed as the commander of the Russian Joint Group of Forces in the zone of the special military operation on October 8, 2022. In late December, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the Order of St. George award to Surovikin for his courage, bravery and dedication.Gerasimov has been serving as the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister since November 2012, when he replaced Nikolay Makarov.On February 24, 2022, Russia kicked off a special military operation with a stated goal to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine. The operation was launched just two days after Russia recognized the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as independent and sovereign nations and received a request for military assistance, after weeks of escalating shelling, sabotage, and sniper attacks by Ukrainian forces against the breakaway republics, and fears that Kiev would launch an all-out offensive.In March 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry released documents which exposed Ukraine's imminent plans to launch an offensive against Donbass.
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Chief of General Staff Gerasimov Named Commander of Russian Forces in Special Military Operation
15:35 GMT 11.01.2023 (Updated: 16:06 GMT 11.01.2023) The Russian Defense Ministry has announced that Sergey Shoigu made new appointments on January 11 to lead the special military operation to "de-Nazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.
Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, has been appointed Commander of the Russian Joint Group of Forces as part of a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday.
The Defense Ministry added that Commander of the Aerospace Forces General Sergey Surovikin, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov and Deputy Chief of the General Staff Colonel General Alexei Kim have been named Gerasimov's deputies.
The new appointments in the leadership of the special military operation are connected with the expansion of the scale of the tasks being solved and the need for closer interaction between all types and branches of the military, the MoD explained.
Gerasimov replaced General Surovikin, who was appointed as the commander of the Russian Joint Group of Forces in the zone of the special military operation on October 8, 2022. In late December, Russian President Vladimir Putin
presented the Order of St. George award to Surovikin for his courage, bravery and dedication.
Gerasimov has been serving as the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister since November 2012, when he replaced Nikolay Makarov.
On February 24, 2022, Russia kicked off a special military operation with a stated goal to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine. The operation was launched just two days after Russia recognized the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as independent and sovereign nations and received a request for military assistance, after weeks of escalating shelling, sabotage, and sniper attacks by Ukrainian forces against the breakaway republics, and fears that Kiev would launch an all-out offensive.
In March 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry released
documents which exposed Ukraine's imminent plans to launch an offensive against Donbass.
