War criminal Putin, whose grand visions of an imperial Russia have turned to Donbas rubble, has replaced the general commanding the genocide in Ukraine after only 3 months:
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced yet another realignment of the commanders leading the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, as criticism mounts over its handling of the stalled campaign.
It said that General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, would become the overall commander of the campaign, with the current commander, Sergey Surovikin, becoming one of his three deputies.
Surovikin was only appointed as the overall commander of what the Kremlin euphemistically calls the “Special Military Operation” in October. [snip]
But the decision puts Gerasimov, who has been chief of the General Staff for more than a decade, closer to direct supervision of the campaign – and to responsibility for it. While Gerasimov was a key figure in planning the invasion, he appears to have been at arm’s length since, with just one reported visit to the command of the campaign inside Ukraine, though the Defense Ministry did not confirm that either.
Mark Galeotti, senior associate fellow with the Royal United Services Institute, said “it is a kind of demotion [for Gerasimov] or at least the most poisoned of chalices. It’s now on him, and I suspect Putin has unrealistic expectations again.”...
Gen. Surovikin, a.k.a. "The Butcher of Syria" and "General Armageddon," failed. Gen. Gerasimov (one of the geniuses who planned the initial catastrophic invasion) will fail. Ultimately, Putin will fail.
But, in the meantime, those generals need to stay away from windows.
(Photo: Brutish thugs Gerasimov and Surovikin)
