Plot Thickens: Russian Generals Supported Wagner Mutiny but Backed Out –

Reports are appearing, in The New York Times and elsewhere, that senior Russian military officers may have known about chief of the Wagner mercenary force chief Yevgeny #Prigozhin’s plans in advance and may have indicated they would support him or may have actually helped plan it.

US Intelligence agencies believe that General Sergei #Surovikin, the deputy commander of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine may have supported Wagner’s move as a precursor to the removal of Russian Defense Minister Sergei #Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery #Gerasimov.

Surovikin, who the Russian media gave the sobriquet “#General #Armageddon” because of his “scorched earth” tactics in Syria, was appointed head of operations in Ukraine in October.

However, shortly after taking over in November, he humiliatingly had to withdraw his troops from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. In January, in a sign that Putin had lost faith in Surovikin’s leadership, he was replaced by Gerasimov. Surovikin, who is also commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces supporting operations in Ukraine, remained as deputy.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/18817

UPDATE

A Report has appeared on the “Ukraine” Telegram channel, quoting the Russian rosZMI media channel that #Surovikin was #arrested on the evening of June 27 and is detained in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center along with his deputy, Colonel-General Andriy #Yudin.
Kyiv Post was unable to verify this at this time and is investigating.