"It was not in history": the RF General Staff recognized the failure of mobilization
"It should be noted that the system of mobilization training in our country was not fully adapted to new modern economic relations. Therefore, we had to correct everything on the move," Gerasimov said. According to him, the General Staff during the mobilization managed to involve about 300 thousand Russians in military service. Gerasimov also noted that "such intensity of hostilities, modern Russia has not yet known in its history.
" Valery Gerasimov is the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. On January 11, by the order of the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoiga Gerasimov, he was appointed commander of a united group of Russian troops in Ukraine. In this position he changed General Sergey Surovikin, who became Deputy Gerasimov.
According to the adviser to the head of the President Mikhail Podolyak, the appointment of the head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov Commander of the Joint Grouping of Occupants in Ukraine instead of Sergei Surovikin is a "revenge of the classic general". "Surovika was close to the ultra -radical group surrounded by Putin, which claimed the status of" we are the main. The adviser on the air of the Teletrumor on January 11 explained.
According to the report of the UK Ministry of Defense Military Intelligence, the Russian military, Russian military after the appointment of Valery Gerasimov to the post of commander of a united group They do not allow you to wear non -standard haircuts, use smartphones and ride civilian transport.