Daily Memo: Russia’s Military Reshuffle, US-Japan Security Cooperation

Moscow replaced its commander in Ukraine for the second time in just three months.

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Russian shake-up. Russia’s Defense Ministry announced another reshuffle of the top brass in charge of the war in Ukraine following several high-profile setbacks for Moscow. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the military’s General Staff, was named commander of Russia’s Ukraine operations, while his predecessor, Sergei Surovikin, was appointed one of Gerasimov’s three deputies, just three months […]

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