Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday named a new commander for its forces in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, appointing a career general to the post as Moscow’s troops face setbacks on the battlefield."
Gen. Sergei Surovikin, 55, has led Russia's Air and Space Forces since 2017.
According to the ministry's website, he commanded a guards division stationed in Chechnya in 2004, during Moscow's war against Islamist rebels, and was awarded a medal for his service in Syria in 2017.
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