Since the egotistical General Krukov deliberately shunned the victories Dasha had assisted in by her superior's side, Dasha sided with her commander in being distrustful of him and helped to destroy Krukov, back in the incident when the Premier claimed Krukov was a "cancer" and a traitor and ordered his bunker and construction yard to be neutralised. Dasha likely showed this loyalty to Cherdenko because, in her own timeline, the Premier had given her the position as a high-security communications officer in the Soviet command structure. In addition, her words "The Premier has spoken" show that she follows every whim of whosoever might be Premier. She also expressed her joy that the Premier survived assassination, while her own commander might not have trusted the Premier's motives so readily, given Cherdenko's obvious paranoia, skulking, and scheming. Regardless of this, earlier in the campaign Dasha had shown the strongest personal loyalty to Cherdenko, showing him such reverence as to call him "Your excellency" and bowing her head to him in approval - something no character other than herself is shown to do. She now serves as an essential link between Soviet commanders across multiple fronts.Ībsolutely loyal to the Soviet cause, she showed even more remarkable loyalty to the Soviet General she was assigned to during the war and ultimately joined this general in the coup d'état against the Soviet leader who betrayed his best commander and cowered in his Volcano Fortress, saying "The Premier is mad". Her talent was so great that Premier Cherdenko himself took notice of her. Born to a poor family whose 10 children all willingly enlisted in the Soviet armed forces, Dasha was singled out as the most talented of the lot.