Large win for counteroffensive as Kyiv troops ‘pushing Russia again’

A photograph has emerged on-line purporting to indicate a plainclothes Sergei Surovikin in Algeria chatting with the nation’s army forces.

While nonetheless unconfirmed, rumours at the moment are swirling that that is a part of a Russian marketing campaign to exchange the Wagner Group factions in Africa with an outfit led by Surovikin.

The former common was head of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine from October final 12 months till January this 12 months, when he was changed by the incumbent Valery Gerasimov.

He was identified to have affiliations with the Wagner Group and had grow to be considerably of a spokesman for his or her pursuits amongst high-ranking army officers, it has been alleged.

The day the late Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin launched his mutinous march on Moscow (June 24) was the final time Surovikin was seen in public. The New York Times, citing nameless US officers, alleged that he had data of the mutiny earlier than it occurred and was being punished in consequence.

Popular Telegram channel VChK-OGPU, which claims to “reveal the secrets of officials, oligarchs, gangsters, and security forces”, alleged that the photograph is proof Surovikin is being reintroduced to the fold however solely exterior of Russia.

“The fact that the Presidential Administration managed to obtain permission for Surovikin’s participation in events abroad also indicates the beginning of a campaign to replace Prigozhin with the figure of Surovikin,” the channel mentioned.

Those feedback have been extensively shared by Wagner-affiliated channels, indicating the group’s affinity to Surovikin however not essentially that there’s reality within the report.