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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth and Dan Sabbagh

Russian general who may have known about Wagner mutiny goes missing

The current whereabouts of Gen Sergei Surovikin, with Vladimir Putin on 31 December 2022, is unknown.
The current whereabouts of Gen Sergei Surovikin, with Vladimir Putin on 31 December 2022, is unknown. Photograph: SPUTNIK/Reuters

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”.

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