The Russian military leadership has appointed a new commander of the Joint Group of Forces fighting against Ukraine. They became the Chief of the General Staff of the aggressor state Valery Gerasimov. This is reported by the propaganda media with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation..

The previous head of the occupation forces, General Sergei Surovikin, has been demoted and will now be his deputy.

General Oleg Salyukov, Commander-in-Chief of the RF Ground Forces, and Colonel-General Alexei Kim, Deputy Head of the Russian General Staff, were also named Gerasimov's deputies..

Such changes in the leadership of the invaders in the Ministry of Defense were explained by the "

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Recall that in December, the Russians also replaced the commander of the Western Military District.. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, the reason was the internal political struggle between the Shoigu-Gerasimov and Surovikin-Prigozhin groups..

Earlier it became known that the militants of PMC " This indicates a number of serious problems in the ranks of the Russian occupation army..