Putin has appointed notorious general Sergei Surovikin who oversaw the murder of civilians in the 1990s as the overall commander of Russia's forces in Ukraine as the Kremlin desperately seeks a way to regain lost ground in the war.
It comes on the same day as an explosion on the brindge linkingGen Surovkin’s promotion follows the reported sacking of the commanders of two of Russia’s five military regions after a series of dramatic defeats in the face of Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
His controversial career has seen him serve two stints in jail and attract multiple allegations of corruption, arms dealing and brutality. In 2020, Human Rights Watch named Surovikin as among military leaders who might bear ‘command responsibility for violations’ in Syria.
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