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(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, 11 GEN - Russia has again replaced its
top commander in Ukraine, putting army chief of staff Valery
Gerasimov in charge of its forces in the conflict, the defence
ministry said Wednesday. "Army General Valery Gerasimov, Chief
of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, has been
appointed Commander of the Joint Grouping of Troops (Forces),"
the ministry said. Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russia's
forces in Ukraine for the past three months, will become
Gerasimov's deputy. Surovikin will work alongside two other
generals, Oleg Salyukov and Alexei Kim, according to the
statement. "The increase in the level of leadership of the
special operation is linked to the expansion of the scale of the
tasks at hand and the need to organise closer interaction
between troops," the ministry said. (ANSA-AFP).
