Staff reshuffles in the Russian Federation reflect the challenges Moscow faced after attacking Ukraine on February 24.
Following Britain, the Pentagon believes that personnel changes in the Russian command indicate “systemic challenges” for Russia.
The spokesman for the US Department of Defense, Air Force Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, quoted by CNN, said that the downgrading of General Sergey Surovikin and his replacement by Valery Gerasimov shows “some of the systemic problems that the Russian military has faced since the beginning of this invasion.”
“We’ve talked about some of these things in terms of logistics problems, command and control problems, supply problems, morale problems and, to a large extent, a major failure to achieve the strategic objectives that they’ve set out for themselves,” Ryder said.
Ryder said the Pentagon would “continue to monitor” such personnel transfers from Russia.
“I think the world would like Russia to focus on withdrawing troops from Ukraine and saving innocent lives, rather than wasting time on numerous staff reshuffles, and Russian soldiers and their families would probably like that too,” he said. Ryder.
Elimination of Surovikin – what is known
Surovikin was the commander of the invasion of Ukraine for a little over three months. His arrival was marked by the first missile strikes on the Ukrainian energy system.
Today, Shoigu demoted a general close to Prigozhin, replacing him with Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. The pro-war audience is outraged, fearing that bloodthirsty attacks on Ukraine will decrease.