Former FSB officer, ex-leader of the Donbass separatists Igor Girkin (Strelkov) commented on the appointment of the head of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov instead of Sergei Surovikin by the commander of the united grouping of the “special operation” in Ukraine.
“I would not say that they changed their awl for soap … Given how Gerasimov – it was the General Staff – planned the beginning of a special military operation, how it was carried out, this is a person who is responsible for all de -escalations, for all others Unreasonable decisions. He is now appointed directly to lead the troops on the battlefield. I do not expect anything good from this.
I believe that in the framework of some Kremlin games, public criticism by representatives of other Kremlin towers voiced by Mr. Prigozhin caused a reaction from another contender to the highest government in the Russian Federation, Mr. Shoigu, and he decided to demonstrate his hardware Opportunities.
There will be no serious changes at the front, but the decisions that will be made … Gerasimov, I am sure, will correspond to its mental level, which I evaluate extremely low, ”he said.