This is why Gerasimov's life and fate depend on the war in Ukraine

Win or lose! Gerasimov's career, and perhaps his life, is tied to the fate of the Russian war in Ukraine. General Valery Gerasimov is the longest-serving Chief of the Russian General Staff in Russia's post-Soviet era. Since 2012, Gerasimov has been in charge of the military, which many considered the second most powerful in the world. Gerasimov is now the fourth general authorized by Putin to oversee the Kremlin's "special military operation," and another failure, writes Newsweek, would erase the 67-year-old general's legacy forever. How would Gerasimov keep his head after a war characterized by systematic Russian failures multiplied under his watch? "Before the start of the war, Gerasimov planned to retire from the position of the General Staff. Maybe not necessarily from the Russian military as a whole, but he was already starting to look at jobs that would be suitable for a Chief of the General Staff. for formal retirement," Mark told Newsweek. Galeotti, author of the popular book "Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine." ," says Galeotti. "Gerasimov's biggest sin, and this has been in the last year or so, was that he didn't find the strength to stand up to Putin," Galeotti concludes. "I understand the limitations and I don't is that Gerasimov has shown himself to be a bad general. It's that he was willing to accept and operate under rules of engagement that simply don't make sense."