Putin demotes Russia's 'General Armageddon' after 3 months amid Ukraine battlefield failures
Telegraph, 12 Jan 2023
The Russian general commanding the Ukraine invasion has been demoted after just three months amid criticism that his campaign of bombing the Ukrainian power grid had failed.
Gen Sergei Surovikin, known as General Armageddon for his destruction of Aleppo in 2016, has been replaced as commander of Russian forces in Ukraine by Gen Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian army.
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Gen Sergei Surovikin, known as General Armageddon for his destruction of Aleppo in 2016, has been replaced as commander of Russian forces in Ukraine by Gen Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian army.
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