Gerasimov may be removed from the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces: what is Putin dissatisfied with?
In particular, we are talking about his recent statement about the "surrounding" of Ukrainian troops near Pokrovsk — these statements were criticized even by Russian experts and military bloggers. According to sources, Vladimir Putin gave Gerasimov a specific deadline — to capture Pokrovsk by mid-November. The order is seen as a "last chance" for the general to keep his post. "Against the background of this ultimatum, a sharp increase in "meat-throwing" is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction.
The command is throwing huge waves of personnel into suicidal attacks in order to fulfill the order at all costs," ATESH writes. It is also reported that the most likely successor to Gerasimov is called Colonel-General Viktor Poznikhir, one of the deputy chiefs of the General Staff of the Russian Federation.
Since 2016, he regularly represents the General Staff of the Russian Federation at official briefings of the Ministry of Defense, in particular on issues of anti-missile defense, international military security and analysis of US and NATO actions. Previously, Poznihir held the position of first deputy head of the Main Operational Department.
It will be recalled that the head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported to Putin that the "Center" troop grouping completed the encirclement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pokrovsk and Mirnograd areas. However, on October 28, the spokesman of the "East" troop group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces explained that the Russians had entered the outskirts of Pokrovsk and were storming Mirnograd.