General Surovikin - A New Leader for Russia's War in Ukraine

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Russia has been pushed out of territories that it's only recently annexed and declared to be its own. And those humiliations make clear that changes need to be made in how it is conducting the war. So this promotion is seen as a response to failure. Russia has a problem with a poorly low morale. This may be a way to find a figurehead for disaffected troops.

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