"Putin is optimistic": The appointment of Gerasimov means the return of the Russian Federation to the offensive - London

UK Defense Minister Ben Volles called the personnel changes among the military command of the Russian Federation. The UK Defense Minister Ben Volles believes that the appointment of General Valery Gerasimov with a new commander of the united grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine means the return of the Russian Federation to the offensive on the front. The head of the British Defense Office stated this in the United Kingdom Parliament, the press service reports.

Wallace considers personnel changes among the supreme command of the aggressor country. "This is the visible top of the iceberg factionality in the Russian command," the minister commented. He also noted that Gerasimov would adhere to the navigation policy on the battlefield, regardless of which losses for the Russian side will mean. "Now it is expected to return a trend to the Russian offensive - no matter how many people live it will mean," says the head of the defense department.

At the same time, Wallace is convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "optimistic" in connection with these personnel permutations. We will remind, on January 11 the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu appointed the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, a new commander of the united group of Russian troops in Ukraine. In this position he changed General Sergei Surovikin, who became his deputy.