New Commander of the Joint Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, involved in a special military operation, Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov appointed. This appointment was announced today by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.
Army General Sergei Surovikin, who was formerly the commander of the troops in the special operation, was appointed Deputy Commander of the Joint Group of Forces. Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Oleg Salyukov, became another deputy commander of the group of troops.
Besides, Colonel-General Aleksey Kim has also been appointed to the post of Deputy Commander of the Joint Group of Forces, who holds the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces.
Such large-scale reshuffles in the leadership of a special military operation, as explained in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, are connected with the expansion of the scale of tasks solved in the process of a special military operation and the need for closer and more intensive interaction between the branches of the armed forces and combat arms.
certainly, the appointment of the chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces as the commander of the joint group of troops significantly raises the very status of the special military operation, and Russian command. used photos:kremlin.ru
