Russia’s Military Reforms Respond to NATO’s Expansion, Ukraine: Chief of General Staff

Russia’s Military Reforms Respond to NATO’s Expansion, Ukraine: Chief of General Staff
Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov attends an annual meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow on Dec. 21, 2022. Sputnik/Sergei Fadeichev/Pool via Reuters Attention Editors
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Russia’s new military reforms respond to possible NATO expansion and the use of Kyiv by the “collective West” to wage a hybrid war against Russia, the newly appointed general in charge of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine said.

Valery Gerasimov, in his first public comments since his Jan. 11 appointment to the role, admitted also to problems with the mobilization of troops.