“A soldier to the core”This is how 67-year-old General Valery Guerasimov was appointed military commander in Ukraine by Vladimir Putin on January 12. Officer, who? “recognizes only one thing: the balance of forces.” General Pierre de Villiers, who was his colleague as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces from 2014 to 2017, recently spoke about him on BFMTV.
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Valery Guerasimov, with a massive figure and closed face, held his position for ten years. His green uniform is covered with medals, including the highest, “Hero of Russia” awarded in 2016. After leaving the combat tank school in 1977, the strongman of the Russian army rose through all levels of the military hierarchy.
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Source: Le Figaro
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