General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the central military command body of Russia's armed forces, subordinate directly to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. It is headed by the Chief of the General Staff — currently Valery Gerasimov, who also serves as First Deputy Minister of Defence. The General Staff is responsible for strategic planning, coordination and oversight of the branches and arms of the armed forces, and for the overall preparation and employment of Russia's military forces.
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Russia's top general reports start of large-scale strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure
Russia's Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov told Vladimir Putin on 16 October that Russian forces had begun a campaign of massive strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities. The announcement came days after a US-brokered "energy ceasefire" and rounds of reciprocal strikes on energy and refinery targets. Energy infrastructure was hit in Kyiv and five oblasts, causing emergency outages, while Ukrainian energy workers restored power to more than one million consumers during the day.