The permutations that occurred in the ranks of the highest military command of Russia indicate that the Kremlin realizes how a military campaign is going on for them. This conclusion was reached in British intelligence.
“The appointment of the head of the General Staff by the commander of the theater of military operations is an indicator of the increasing seriousness of the situation that Russia is facing and a clear recognition that the campaign does not correspond to the strategic goals of Russia,” the intelligence report, which quotes BBC.
According to British intelligence, which took place on Wednesday, January 11, the permutations will cause serious discontent in the ranks of the ultra -rationalists and “military commissars” who accused Valery Gerasimov of military failures, while the army Surovikin took off their broad support.
The appointment of Surovikin one of Gerasimov’s deputies caused his authority and influence significant damage, British intelligence concludes.
Recall, on January 11, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the head of the Army General Valery Gerasimov was appointed the new commander of the grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine. His deputies will be the commander in chief of the Russian Air Force, General of the Army Sergey Surovikin, the deputy chief of the General Staff, Colonel General Alexei Kim and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Oleg Salyukov,