The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, was asked about the investigation into Sergei Surovikine, the former commander in the region of the special military operation of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. This has been reported Interfax.
The head of the Russian military department did not answer this question.
Shoigu appointed Surovikin in October 2022 as the commander of the troops in the special operations zone.
Before that, journalist Ksenia Sobchak published A photo of Army General Sergei Surovikin, former commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, with his wife Anna, on his Telegram channel.
According to RBC, Surovikin has not appeared in public since June 24, when Wagner appealed to PMC fighters to stop the rebellion.
The former Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Army General Sergei Surovikin, was dismissed at the end of August. General Viktor Afzalov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), was appointed to this task.
In July, the chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, stated that Army General Sergei Surovikin “is resting and is not yet available”.
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