PARIS: President Vladimir Putin's move to replace his top commander in Ukraine is a sign of military disarray and his growing impatience in a war Russia is not winning, analysts said. The defence ministry in Moscow said Wednesday it had, again, replaced its
PARIS: President Vladimir Putin's move to replace his top commander in Ukraine is a sign of military disarray and his growing impatience in a war Russia is not winning, analysts said., putting army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in charge.
Analysts said putting an army chief of staff in charge of an operation on the ground is highly unusual, as the job is usually removed from the battlefield, involving coordination, political contacts, threat evaluation and logistics choices.That Putin made the appointment anyway shows that"things are not going to plan", said a Moscow-based defence analyst, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity.
Troop morale took a major hit when Russia suffered its worst military losses from a single Ukrainian attack with the death of at least 89 servicemen in Makiivka in eastern Ukraine over New Year. "It is obvious that there are plans to expand the scale of fighting," Alexander Khramchikhin, a Russian military analyst, told AFP.
The brevity of Surovikin's command meanwhile points to Putin's growing impatience, although experts admitted that the motives behind the Kremlin master's opaque decision-making are often difficult to gauge fully.
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