The Russian Ministry of Defense recently announced that the 67-year-old Chief of Staff of Russia, Valery Gerasimov, will be the supreme commander of Russia’s “special military operations” against Ukraine. The former commander, Sergey Surovikin, dubbed the “General of Doomsday” by the Russian media, became one of the deputies. It was the most dramatic in a string of changes in top generals since Russia invaded Ukraine last February.
And Gerasimov is also one of the people who has a “nuclear button briefcase” besides Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The outside world believes that the possibility of the Russian military using tactical nuclear weapons, including gravity bombs equipped with nuclear warheads, such as short-range missiles and artillery shells, on the Ukrainian battlefield in the future will increase significantly. Experts pointed out that Putin’s transfer this time shows that he is very dissatisfied with the current war situation and wants to accelerate the realization of the goal of defeating Ukraine.
Gerasimov was born in 1955 and was appointed chief of staff and deputy defense minister in November 2012. He is a long-term ally of Putin and the most senior general in Russia today. This appointment as the supreme commander of the “special military operation” against Ukraine not only shows that Putin will raise the level of responsibility for the war in Ukraine, but also may be in order to balance the relationship between all parties. Because Gerasimov is Russia’s main interlocutor with the United States on the issue of eliminating military conflicts. In November last year, an anti-aircraft missile fell into Poland. It was Gerasimov who came forward to talk to Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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