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Jilly_in_VA

(10,045 posts)
Wed Jun 28, 2023, 04:15 PM Jun 2023

Russian general who may have known about Wagner mutiny goes missing

A Russian general who previously led the invasion force in Ukraine has not been seen in public since Saturday, with US intelligence reportedly claiming he had prior knowledge of the uprising led by the Wagner chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Gen Sergei Surovikin is the head of the Russian aerospace forces and formerly Moscow’s supreme commander in Ukraine. Prigozhin had welcomed his appointment to that post in 2022, calling him a “legendary figure” and “born to serve his motherland”.

The well-publicised links between Surovikin and Prigozhin have fuelled rumours that Surovikin may be purged or put under investigation for supporting the mutiny. When Prigozhin launched his uprising, Surovikin made an unambiguous statement against it and in support of the Russian government late on Friday.

“We fought together with you, took risks, we won together,” Surovikin said. “We are of the same blood, we are warriors. I urge you to stop. The enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to escalate in our country.”

However, the New York Times, citing western intelligence sources, reported on Wednesday that Surovikin had prior knowledge of Prigozhin’s armed mutiny, in which his Wagner mercenaries captured the city of Rostov and moved on Moscow before cutting an amnesty deal.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/28/russian-general-wagner-mutiny-goes-missing

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Russian general who may have known about Wagner mutiny goes missing (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jun 2023 OP
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He's back in the U.S., back in the U.S., back in the USSR. Chainfire Jun 2023 #2
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Ooopska, tovshidski for him. marble falls Jun 2023 #4
 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
2. He's back in the U.S., back in the U.S., back in the USSR.
Wed Jun 28, 2023, 05:37 PM
Jun 2023

I hear that Lubyanka is nice this time of year.

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