This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchler.

Ukraine conflict.

The headlines from Europe.

Ukraine finally has its western tanks, says the telegraph.

Now it's time for the hard part.

Or Europe to send to Ukraine two battalions of tanks, says Olaf Schultz.

Or the telegraph.

How Britain's Challenger Two tanks could alter the battlefield in Ukraine.

I welcome George Friedman, the founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, a subscription

side I recommend.

Writing in these last days about the battlefield from the point of view of who's in command.

There has been a change, or at least a development in command of Ukraine conflict from the

Kremlin's point of view. That is the appointment of Gerasimov, the general-in-chief, to be

the commander in Ukraine as well.

He was already the commander because he commands all of the military staff.

But either replacing or succeeding, General Armageddon, who had been put in charge of the

battlefield, I don't know if this is profound, but it is a way of talking about, as we

begin the second calendar year of the war. George, a very good evening to you.

Thank you for this. The Gerasimov appointment is striking in the General Armageddon,

an Air Force General, remains in part of the conflict.

But you write of the Vagna Group being a concern for the Kremlin that General Gerasimov first

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