Also in the video are Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff Sergey Rudskoy and Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov. No sign of Colonel General Alexander Lapin or Army General Sergey Surovikin, the commanders of the central and southern groupings.2/ pic.twitter.com/5ByDGlgSTB
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 26, 2022
Also Colonel-General Viktor Goremykin, the Russian MoD's Chief of the Main Directorate of Cadres (personnel). 3/ pic.twitter.com/wQySbEmj9A
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 26, 2022
No, we just know he had phone calls with secretaries of MoD. Gerasimov must have been wounded during his trip to Izium.
— Sergej -Baghdad Bob- Lavrov (@BaghdadLavrov) June 26, 2022
Valery Gerasimov has addressed ways and means of coordination between Russian troops on the ground
Russian Chief of General Staff has paid a visit to the country’s troops in Ukraine amid the ongoing military operation there, the ministry has confirmed in a statement.
“Army General Valery Gerasimov listened [to reports from] the commanders on the use of troops in the course of carrying out the tasks of a special military operation, as well as from other officials on issues related to combat support of the actions of Russian units in various areas,” the statement reads.
Russia’s chief of staff visits troops in Ukraine
The army general worked alongside senior commanding officers at command posts of the Russian military units, paying “special attention to the use of automated combat control systems during combat operations,” the ministry added, without providing any further details.