The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimovhas appeared in public for the first time since the brief rebellion staged on June 24 by the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhinin the midst of speculation about his possible dismissal due to the revolt.
Gerasimov has appeared in a video posted by the Russian Defense Ministry on its Telegram account to address a series of missile attacks carried out by Ukraine on Sunday. In it, he is referred to by the title of him as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.
During the meeting, Gerasimov called on the intelligence services and senior Army officials to “organize systematic work to identify storage and preparation points” in Ukraine to carry out S-200 missile attacks as those perpetrated during the previous day, reports Europe Press.
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Thus, it has requested that the deployment points of these missiles and “similar attack weapons of the enemy” be located in order to “defeat them with preventive fire.” Along these lines, it has requested “additional measures to improve protection against bombing of facilities (in Russia)”.
The head of the Russian Aerospace Force, Viktor Afzalovhas detailed that the anti-aircraft defense systems destroyed two S-200 missiles on Sunday, while two other similar missiles were deactivated through “electronic warfare systems”. “There are no casualties and no destruction,” she said, before adding that the targets were in the Crimea, Kaluga and Rostov.
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and General Gerasimov (right).
The Russian President, Vladimir Putinappointed Gerasimov in January as commander of the invading forces, replacing General Sergey Surovkinwho has also not been seen in public since the Prigozhin rebellion, very critical of the Defense Minister, Sergei Shoiguand Gerasimov himself for the course of the war in Ukraine.
Prigozhin headed on June 24 a rebellion which included the advance of his forces towards the capital, Moscow, although hours later an agreement was reached that implied the withdrawal of the members of the wagner group with a view to his possible integration into the Army and the withdrawal of charges for those involved in the revolt.
