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Chloe Taylor

Vladimir Putin demotes Russia’s top commander ‘General Armageddon’ as his forces suffer major setbacks in Ukraine

(Credit: Gavriil Grigorov—Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian officials announced on Wednesday that it had demoted the chief spearheading its offensive in Ukraine—a man nicknamed “General Armageddon.”

On Jan. 11, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced he had appointed Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces, as overall commander of the country’s “special military operation” in Ukraine.

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