General Sergey Surovikinwho disappeared after the failed armed rebellion of Wagner’s group due to his alleged involvement in the riots, “taking a break” as assured this Wednesday by the president of the Defense Committee of the Russian Duma or Chamber of Deputies, Andrei Kartapolov. “He is resting. It’s not available right now.” Kartapolov has pointed to the Telegram Shot channel.

Meanwhile, according to Verstka media, Surovikin, deputy commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, has been arrested by Russian security services for his connection to the rebellion of Wagner mercenaries on June 24. At the same time, senior military officer He has not been formally accused of anything, digital said. the reason, according to British intelligenceis the dilemma that exists within the Kremlin: Surovikin is one of the most prominent military in Russiathus imprisoning him may cause discontent in parts of the country.

Last week, the New York Times claimed that Surovikin was aware of the Wagner Group’s uprising plans, military uprising that lasted no more than a day and resulted in the expulsion of Yevgeni Prigozhin to Belarus, paramilitary leader. The Kremlin left without comment a few days ago information about possible arrest of Surovikin which began circulating shortly after the failed paramilitary uprising. Currently, the Russian Ministry of Defense has not made a statement in this regard.

The first to warn about Surovikin’s alleged arrest were military bloggers Vladimir Romanov, according to him the general has been in custody since June 25, days after the failed uprising. According to various media, Surovikin also has not been able to communicate with his family The general’s daughter denied her father’s arrest on 29 June and assured that he was in his “workplace”.

The British confirmed: Surovikin “was removed” by Russia

However, British intelligence insisted on Wednesday that a recent public appearance by the deputy head of the Russian Air Force, Viktor Afzalov, “further strengthens the hypothesis” that Surovikin had been “separated” by Russia. “Afzalov’s increased public profile, while Surovikin’s whereabouts remain unclear, further strengthens that hypothesis Surovikin had been removed after the riot”, has shown Great Britain.

Afzalov appeared this week in a video posted by the Russian Ministry of Defense on his Telegram account, which also features the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valeri Gerasimov, who In doing so, he participated in his first public action since the uprising led by the head of the Wagner GroupEvgeny Prigozhin.

In this sense, British Intelligence services have pointed out that “Afzalov has been in the position for at least four years, but This may be his first public appearance with Gerasimov.”who in January was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, replacing Surovikin to be exact.