New Evidence Of Surovikin's Dismissal After Prigozhin's Mutiny

The British intelligence has pointed out an important fact.

Viktor Afzalov, Chief of Staff of the Russian Air Force, having been in office for four years, appeared in public for the first time on July 10, reporting to Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov instead of Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Sergei Surovikin, whose whereabouts have been unknown since June 24.

A British Defence Ministry intelligence report published on July 12 said that Afzalov's increased availability to the public was further confirmation that Surovikin had been removed following the rebellion of PMC Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

It was previously reported that since the evening of June 23, since Prigozhin announced his "march towards Moscow" and the beginning of the armed conflict with the Russian Defence Ministry after the Russian army struck a "rear camp" of the militants, Gerasimov personally has not made a single statement and has not appeared in the news until now.

The Financial Times news agency, citing anonymous sources, reported that Surovikin was detained after the failed Prigozhin mutiny and the Kremlin regime began mopping up the top security services.

Surovikin's daughter denied her father's detention in a comment to the Russian Baza Telegram channel.

Before that, The Moscow Times, citing two sources close to the defence ministry of the aggressor country, reported that Surovikin had been arrested.

The New York Times, citing several sources, reported that according to the US intelligence services, Surovikin had known in advance about Prigozhin's preparations for the mutiny. The Dossier Centre wrote that he was an honorary member of the Wagner PMC "as early as 2017".