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Chief of General staff Gerasimov named Commander of Russian Forces in special military operation

11 January 2023 19:45 (UTC +04:00)

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, was assigned to lead the special military operation conducted by Russia in Ukraine, APA's Moscow correspondent reports citing Russian MoD.

Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu signed an order in this regard.

The Defense Ministry added that Commander of the Aerospace Forces General Sergey Surovikin, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov and Deputy Chief of the General Staff Colonel General Alexei Kim have been named Gerasimov's deputies.

The new appointments in the leadership of the special military operation are connected with the expansion of the scale of the tasks being solved and the need for closer interaction between all types and branches of the military, the MoD explained.