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Absoluter Hardliner: Sergei Wladimirowitsch Surowikin, seit 08.10. Verantwortlicher für Russlands …

Der Kreml hat erstmals offiziell einen Kommandeur für alle russischen Truppen in der Ukraine ernannt. Der Mann stand auf der Seite der KGB Hardliner die gegen Gorbatschow putschten, kämpfte in …More
Der Kreml hat erstmals offiziell einen Kommandeur für alle russischen Truppen in der Ukraine ernannt. Der Mann stand auf der Seite der KGB Hardliner die gegen Gorbatschow putschten, kämpfte in Tschetschenien und Syrien.....
Moskau – Präsident Putin hat General Sergej Surowikin zum Kommandant der „militärischen Spezialoperation“ seiner Truppen in der Ukraine ernannt. Surowikin trägt den Titel „Held Russlands“ und wurde 2017 mit einer Medaille für seinen Einsatz in Syrien ausgezeichnet, wo er als Kommandeur der Luft- und Raumfahrtkräfte die russische Militärexpedition leitete.
Seine Ernennung erfolgte am Samstag (8. Oktober) auf die Entlassung zweier hochrangiger russischer Militärkommandeure, nachdem Kiew Gebiete im Nordosten und Süden der Ukraine zurückgewonnen hatte. Mit der teilweisen Zerstörung der Brücke von Kertsch – die wichtigste Verbindung zwischen der Krim und dem russischen Festland – hatte Russland am Wochenende einen weiteren schweren Schlag erlitten. Mit dem heutigen Angriff …More
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For the first time, the Kremlin has officially appointed a commander for all Russian troops in Ukraine on the 8th of october. The man was on the side of the KGB hardliners who putsched against Gorbachev, fought in Chechnya and Syria.....
Picture: Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin, According to the Jamestown Foundation, a US organisation dedicated to defence information, Surovikin is known in the Russian …More
For the first time, the Kremlin has officially appointed a commander for all Russian troops in Ukraine on the 8th of october. The man was on the side of the KGB hardliners who putsched against Gorbachev, fought in Chechnya and Syria.....
Picture: Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin, According to the Jamestown Foundation, a US organisation dedicated to defence information, Surovikin is known in the Russian military for his "utter ruthlessness".
His appointment came on Saturday (8 October) following the dismissal of two senior Russian military commanders after Kiev reclaimed territory in northeastern and southern Ukraine. Russia had suffered another major blow at the weekend with the partial destruction of the Kerch Bridge - the main link between Crimea and the Russian mainland. With today's attack on Ukraine, Surovikin has left his mark.
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He "was already involved in the short-lived failed coup of the Soviet secret service KGB against reformist president Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 and, as a rifle commander, crushed protests against it by rolling down a street barricade along with the people on it - 'the only officer to issue shoot-to-kill orders in August 1991 and actually kill three people'," Moscow political scientist Grigory Yudin …More
He "was already involved in the short-lived failed coup of the Soviet secret service KGB against reformist president Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 and, as a rifle commander, crushed protests against it by rolling down a street barricade along with the people on it - 'the only officer to issue shoot-to-kill orders in August 1991 and actually kill three people'," Moscow political scientist Grigory Yudin wrote on Twitter.
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In a rare public statement, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary group Wagner, was quoted by the news agency Live24. The latter had called Surovikin a "legendary person". He was "the most competent commander in the Russian army".