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Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov (left) has been appointed to replace Sergey Surovikin (right) as commander of the war in Ukraine. Photo/Radio Free Europe
Asked by Turkish news agency Anadolu about the possible implications of appointing General Valery Gerasimov to replace Sergei Surovikin, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said: “That is really a better question for the Russian Federation.”
“From our perspective, I remember one of the definitions of insanity, which is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result,” Price told reporters.
“We have seen Russia appoint various commanders of its forces in Ukraine many times now, each time looking for someone more senior, more experienced, purportedly more effective, only to find exactly the same result,” he said. AnadoluSaturday (14/1/2023).
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Price stressed that Russia might try to change the dynamic once again with a new commander.
“But the broader dynamics, the underlying dynamics are not going to change,” he said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov had been appointed commander of Russian troops in Ukraine. He replaced Sergei Surovikin, who had only served for three months.
The changes were announced by Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu, and were described as increasing the level of leadership of special operations – as Moscow called the invasion of Ukraine.
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