PORTRAIT. Russia’s new ‘completely ruthless’ commander in Ukraine even drives own colonels to suicide | Abroad

Sergei Surovikin is the new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine. The Russian army has announced this. The 55-year-old father of two has a reputation for being “completely ruthless”. Not only against opponents, but also against our own staff, as stories from the past prove. “The Colonel shot himself in the head in Surovikin’s office.”