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The Russian army’s main of staff, Valery Gerasimov, has visited troops warring successful eastbound Ukraine, Russia’s Defence Ministry said connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026).
Mr. Gerasimov “inspected the advancement of combat missions conducted by formations and units of the Zapad (West) unit group,” the Ministry wrote connected Telegram, without providing details connected erstwhile oregon wherever the sojourn took place.
The announcement of his sojourn came days aft U.S.-brokered trilateral talks successful the United Arab Emirates betwixt Russian and Ukrainian negotiators, aimed astatine ending the astir four-year conflict.
The adjacent circular is expected to instrumentality spot connected February 1, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In a video of Mr. Gerasimov’s sojourn aired by the Defence Ministry, helium said that Russian troops “continue their violative on each lines”.
He said that since the commencement of the year, the Russian service had taken power of 17 localities and “more than 500 quadrate kilometres” of Ukrainian territory and was making its mode towards the metropolis of Zaporizhzhia.
