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.
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.
Surovikin began his career fighting as part of a special forces unit in Afghanistan, according to a profile from RIA Novosti, a Russian state news outlet. He was the only Soviet officer to take action against anti-coup protesters during the hard-line coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991, resulting in the only three civilian deaths of the affair.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Surovikin commanded the southern grouping of troops, which has seen the most success in the conflict. “Surovikin is like Marshal Zhukov,” Ruslan Pukhov, the director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, a Moscow defense think tank, told the Financial Times, referring to the Red Army's undefeated commander during World War II. “He’s a tough guy who knows how to run a war. He’s a real beast, not some dumb vodka-drinking guy or a pseudointellectual. He’s a real fighter who isn’t scared to tell the higher-ups the truth.
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