Russia has deployed General Sergey #Surovikin, a former commander of Russian invasion forces in Ukraine, to Algeria as the head of a group of military specialists.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7713304

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Посольство РФ в Алжире косвенно подтвердило новое место работы Суровикина

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Anyone else can be called 'General Armageddon' given that #Surovikin has somewhat gone off the radar. #Trump despises the weak and non-sovereign. Because, it seems to me, everyone's kind of relaxed.

It's time to get it together. The negotiations with #Trump are coming to a point where everyone is going to have to lay down their cards. And that's where words won't work anymore. #Oreshnik is going to work."

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

I watched Moscow's Victory Day parade in full and Shoigu looked pretty depressed.

General Surovikin returned to Moscow yesterday from post coup attempt exile in Africa so maybe we're finally seeing a cabinet reshuffle in the Russian MoD?

#Shoigu #Surovikin #VDay #VictoryDay #Moscow #Russia

Following the arrest of #Shoigu's deputy #Timur_Ivanov, #Russian "military correspondents" speculate that #Aleksei_Dyumin might replace #Shoigu as #Russian defense minister, and #Surovikin might be appointed chief of General Staff instead of #Gerasimov on May 7th.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

🇷🇺 Russia named a replacement for the former head of the country's Aerospace Forces, who was dismissed in the wake of this summer's brief rebellion against the military establishment, state news agencies reported Friday.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-names-new-air-force-leader-replacing-rebellion-104183669

#surovikin #russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar

Russia names new air force leader replacing rebellion-tied general, state news reports

State news agencies are reporting that Russia has named a full replacement for the former head of the country’s Aerospace Forces

ABC News

#Russia launched a series of small-scale offensives in the 85th week of its war with Ukraine, appearing to try and freeze Kyiv’s 4-month-old #counteroffensive

Ukraine’s counteroffensive has succeeded in wresting back HALF the territory Russia captured earlier this year

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/11/russia-tries-to-stop-ukraines-counteroffensive-before-winter

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianWarCrimes #BlackSea #Surovikin #SurovikinLine #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

Russia tries to spoil Ukraine’s counteroffensive before winter

In the 85th week of war, Russia ruins attacks across the front, an apparent bid to sap the progress of Kyiv’s forces.

Al Jazeera
'Since prigozhin’s death many #Russian def ministry officials including Deputy Defence Minister #Yevkurov, army general #Surovikin - who has for a long time had ties to #Wagner -, military intelligence generals like Vladimir #Alekseyev and Andrey #Averyanov - they were all  spotted in various #African states and it is likely to be some sort of a  coordinated effort to renegotiate Wagner’s contracts and take them over for the ministry's pocket private military companies' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb
BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, Wagner after Prigozhin

What next for the notorious group after the plane crash that wiped out its leadership?

BBC

Overcoming setbacks, NATO-trained brigade breaches #Surovikin line in #Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Formed from scratch a year ago, the brigade often known by the name “Magura," was prepared with the counteroffensive in mind; its soldiers, trained in #NATO countries and equipped with superior new #Western equipment, were to be the spearhead of the advance here.

https://kyivindependent.com/overcoming-setbacks-nato-trained-brigade-breaches-surovikin-line-in-zaporizhzhia-oblast/

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Overcoming setbacks, NATO-trained brigade breaches Surovikin line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Editor’s note: The soldiers featured in this article are identified by first name and callsign only for security reasons. ZAPORIZHZHIA OBLAST – Even months before it started, just the idea of Ukraine’s large-scale counteroffensive in 2023 carried on its shoulders a historic weight. Having held back waves of brutal

The Kyiv Independent

Ukraine has expanded its control of the areas west of #Verbove, and armoured vehicles are operating beyond the first #Surovikin line. At the same time, the villages of #Andriivka and #Klishchiivka were liberated south of #Bakhmut.

Are we seeing a breakthrough? Time for a thread.

Full thread:
https://nitter.net/emilkastehelmi/status/1705987788108145095

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