Ukraine War: Putin’s change of commander in Ukraine is 'last throw of the dice'

Vladimir Putin’s appointment of army chief Valery Gerasimov as the new commander of his invasion of Ukraine is a “sign of desperation”, says former Chief of the General Staff Lord Dannatt.

The now demoted General Sergei Surovikin was only appointed in October and oversaw heavy attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

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[ginojaco]

Now that he's thrown his pessimism and ideas of appeasement out, Gen. Dannatt is making sense.

[jimdent]

"last throw of the dice"? WHAAAAT? LOL🤣😂😂🤣

[tokroni]

I thought "last throw of the dice" was two months ago when Russia supposed to run out of cruise missiles?

[Unknown-giuj]

The missing people are dead, both of their passports have been found, in the wreak of that red van. That was how they found the passports, after asked if they had seen the van. They are dead, they were killed by Wagner fights.

[richardmarsden]

*Gerasimov’s appointment due to broader scope of objectives in Ukraine operation — Kremlin*
MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. The appointment of Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov as commander of the Russian group of forces in Ukraine is related to the broader scope of objectives in the special military operation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

"The commentary [on Gerasimov’s appointment] was given by the Defense Ministry yesterday: it is linked with the expansion of the scope of objectives that will be addressed. I have nothing to add to this, " the Russian presidential spokesman told reporters.

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu made new appointments in the military command of the special military operation in Ukraine on Wednesday.

Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov was appointed as commander of the integrated group of troops (forces) in Ukraine. His deputies are: Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Army General Sergey Surovikin, Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Army General Oleg Salyukov, and also Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Colonel-General Alexey Kim.

The decision to raise the level of military command in the special military operation is related "to the broader scope of missions tackled in its course and the need to organize closer coordination among military branches and services of the armed forces and also the increased quality of all types of logistics support and efficiency in command and control of the groups of troops (forces), the ministry said.

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[ChrisSmith]

Good guest, appreciated hearing his insights

[gordonlinton]

'last throw of the dice'... ha ha .. I nearly fell off my chair. How about a replay of ALL the failed past analysis and ask these clowns why they were wrong.

[Richard_FitPku]

Get this man back on. Easy to watch/listen too and clearly knows his stuff. More of him would be great.

[mirola]

A constant replacement of commanders by no stretch of imagination is a show of confidence in your sides' fighting achievements.

[ABSDEFRD]

its actually incorrect, Gerasimov has always been the top army brass in Russia and people like General Surovikin where always below him its just a statement to show the structure in a correct light instead of saying Surovikin is in direct contact with Putin this know goes official via Gerasimov

[nobodyfromnowhere]

So when the Russians are suppose to run out of missiles?

[HubbaHubba]

Lord Dannatt was UK's top army officer and knowing your enemy was a major part of his job and he would have known everything about Gerasimov inside and out

[randlerobbertson]

War is as much about logistics as much as anything else.

[chrissmith]

Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic did not stop it sinking, it still sank even with the deckchairs nicely arranged.

[kevind]

Knowledgeable man. Understandable why he was head of the British Army.

[MrThartofwar]

all it could by Putin's way of keeping control of the Russian Army and not letting any General become to influential, like testing ground, he could rotate generals through, see how they perform, then allocate them to there suitable position. Behind the scenes there would already be a general game plan, changing general's only changes the way that plan is implemented.

[jetblakink]

Did she call him "My Lord"?… Now suddenly there's a Sith involved!… I've got a bad feeling about this…

[phongnguyen]

When still a propaganda tool, i also enjoy the way they do it.
Skynews is superior to BBC in this crisis

[proselytizingorthodoxpente]

If ever they want to remake those old Police Academy movies, General Gerasimov is a sure thing for the role of Lieutenant Harris

[foodinthe]

I think it might be time for everybody (including the Russians) to consider what the last days of Putin might look like. I say this because he is 70 years old. This seems possibly dangerous. I don't think we will ever know with certainty what he is thinking, but I would like to know what influences him. I would start considering what he cares about. It might be useful to know if he cares about money or his Family.