A burnt Russian tank on a road west of Kyiv
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Vladimir Putin’s military chief General Valery Gerasimov is thought to be going forward towards the war zone because Russia’s military campaign in eastern Ukraine is struggling so badly, western officials said on Friday.
The move by Gen Gerasimov, Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is thought to be an attempt to inject “momentum” and “authority” into the Russian advances in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
