MOSCOW: The newly appointed general in charge of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine has said 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. Valery Gerasimov, in his first public comments since h»»»

Valery Gerasimov, in his first public comments since his Jan. 11 appointment to the role, admitted also to problems with the mobilisation of troops, after public criticism forced President Vladimir Putin to reprimand the military. Under Moscow's new military plan, an army corps will be added to Kar»»»