Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov has been put in charge of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
In the most dramatic change at the top since the start of the war, Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov has been tasked to head the campaign,The surprise move was the
Putin has reshuffled the command of his war, and while Gerasimov helped plan the invasion, he had not been seen much publicly, with only one reported visit to the command center inside Ukraine.has met Gerasimov several times and described him as"the sort of Russian general out of Soviet central casting."
Russia's army Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov in Moscow, on December 21, 2022. Vladimir Putin has put him in charge of Russia's invasion of Ukraine."He will be ruthless, he will be brutal, he will take a sledgehammer to smash a nut," he told"He will not be in any way clever," he said,"despite writing up this so-called 'Gerasimov doctrine,' which was probably written for him and he signed it.
The foreign policy doctrine that bears the Russian general's name prescribes controlling the information space, coordinating of all aspects of a campaign, as well as striking deep into enemy territory and targeting critical civilian and military infrastructure. "I think it's an indicator that Putin is in this for the long game," Shirreff said, also referring to the announcement this week that Russia would increase its force size to 1.5 million as evidence of preparations for a protracted war.Shirreff said this announcement about troop numbers was"an indicator that Putin recognizes this is a long-term fight—he is not going to back down and his strategy is to out-suffer Ukraine.
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