“It’s one of the principles of war: unity of command. In other words, a determined person must assume the responsibilities in their entirety: coordination of fire, logistical direction, commitment of the reserve, appreciation of the successes (and failures) of all the ‘components’ of the operation, and reassessment actions to take based on all of this.”
Interviewed by CNN, Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, former commander of the United States Army in Europe, is very clear. According to him, when a country goes to war, it is necessary for a soldier to take charge of the operation as a whole. In other words, you need a commander on the ground.
If the site of the American television channel asked this high-ranking officer to confirm an idea that seems obvious, it is that the presence of such a figure on the Russian side in the ongoing war in Ukraine is not not.
Indeed, so far, “the United States is unable to confirm whether Moscow has designated a military commander res