• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-donetsk-9cc363adc31419311cadb3c5ed8e0601" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Russia's Defense Ministry</a> said on Wednesday it appointed the country's top general, Valery Gerasimov, as the overall commander of its "special military operation" in Ukraine— the biggest reshuffling of its military command structure after months of battlefield setbacks. The Chief of the General Staff's order to rescue the stuttering campaign comes as Moscow struggles to seize Ukraine's eastern town of Soledar in the Donbas after taking heavy casualties.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2023/0/3/1673460948786.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.51" width="550" alt="Ukraine servicemen" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Reuters<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">On a related note: Ukraine's Defense Ministry <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-fights-russian-assault-salt-mining-town-along-eastern-front-2023-01-09/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">denied claims</a> that Russia's mercenary Wagner group had taken over Ukraine's eastern town of Soledar, saying that intense fighting continued in the small mining town in the Donbas region.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">More support: Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said they will send Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, in a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Meanwhile, the UK is discussing "accelerating" support for Ukraine, including the provision of tanks, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-1-11-23/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">according to a government spokesperson on Wednesday</a>.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In response: Russia's Ambassador to the US said the Pentagon's decision to start training Ukrainian soldiers on the Patriot missile system confirms Washington's "de facto involvement" in the war.</li></ul>

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