Ruthless ‘General Armageddon’ appointed head of Russian army in Ukraine

By Brady Knox

Published October 12, 2022 2:54am ET

Ruthless ‘General Armageddon’ appointed head of Russian army in Ukraine — Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, commander of the Russian forces in Syria, speaks, with a map of Syria projected on the screen in the back, at a briefing in the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 9, 2017. Russia's Defense Ministry announced that air force chief, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, would be the commander of all Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. The statement marked the first official appointment of a single commander for the entire Russian force in Ukraine.

A ruthless Russian commander known as “General Armageddon” has been appointed head of the Russian Army in Ukraine as Moscow looks to reverse a series of defeats on the battlefield.

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