The news, reported by state media, follows months of speculation about the fate of Gen. Sergei Surovikin, who was known to have been close to mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
“The ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces of Russia Sergei Surovikin has now been relieved of his post, Colonel General Viktor Afzalov, Chief of the General Staff of the Aerospace Forces, is temporarily acting as Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces,” Russian state news agency RIA reported, citing a single unnamed source.
Alexei Venediktov, former head of the Ekho Moskvy, a prominent independent radio station that was shut down by authorities within days of the Ukraine invasion was the first to report that Surovikin had been dismissed on Tuesday, but said the general was being “retained by the defense ministry.”There was no immediate reaction from the Kremlin or Russian defense ministry.
Reuters and the New York Times both cited U.S. officials in the days after the mutiny saying that Surovikin was sympathetic to Prigozhin’s rebellion and may have even had “advance knowledge” of the mercenary chief’s plans. The reports were dismissed asThe rumors about Surovikin’s arrest or any role in Prigozhin’s rebellion remained unconfirmed by Russia’s defense ministry or the Kremlin since then. His exact whereabouts remain unknown.
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