Russias recently announced military reforms are an action to NATOs most likely expansion and the cumulative West using Ukraine in a hybrid war against Moscow, the new head of Russias military project in Ukraine has said.Sinceannouncing a significant overhaul last month, the Russian armed force recently stated it would carry out significant changes to its Armed Forces in between 2023-26.

In his first public remarks given that his visit as Russias leading leader in Ukraine previously in January, General Valery Gerasimov stated the reforms were driven by events that followed Russias Feb.

24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine.

Today, the new hazards are NATOs aspirations to broaden at the cost of Finland and Sweden, in addition to the use of Ukraine as a tool for hybrid warfare against our nation, he said.

Modern Russia has not yet known such a level and intensity of military operations, Gerasimov said in an interview with the Argumenti i Fakty newspaper late Monday.Claiming that the Russian Armed Forces are now countered by virtually the entire collective West, Gerasimov noted the reforms that his exceptional, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, detailed last Tuesday.These consist of adding an army corps to northern Russias republic of Karelia; reverting to the Soviet-era practice of having two military districts-- Moscow and Leningrad-- in northwestern Russia; and putting 3 motorized rifle departments in southern Ukraines Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas, which Moscow unlawfully declared to have actually annexed last fall.

The main objective of this work is to make sure the guaranteed protection of our countrys sovereignty and territorial stability, Gerasimov said.Army Chief of Staff Gerasimov was put in charge of Russias forces in Ukraine on Jan.

11, changing his predecessor who had supervised a project of drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian facilities and the withdrawal from the southern city of Kherson.Russia has actually repeatedly validated its war on Ukraine by declaring it looks for to counter an existential threat from U.S.-led military bloc NATO.