President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Gen. Sergei Surovikin in 2017. U.S. officials are trying to determine if the general aided Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Russia’s military leadership.Credit...Sputnik, via Reuters
New York Times: Russian General Knew About Mercenary Chief’s Rebellion Plans, U.S. Officials Say
WASHINGTON — A senior Russian general had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Russia’s military leadership, according to U.S. officials briefed on American intelligence on the matter, which has prompted questions about what support the mercenary leader had inside the top ranks.
The officials said they are trying to learn if Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the former top Russian commander in Ukraine, helped plan Prigozhin’s actions last weekend, which posed the most dramatic threat to President Vladimir Putin in his 23 years in power.
Surovikin is a respected military leader who helped shore up defenses across the battle lines after Ukraine’s counteroffensive last year, analysts say. He was replaced as the top commander in January but retained influence in running war operations and remains popular among the troops.
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Update: Senior Russian General Knew About Wagner Leader’s Mutiny Plans – NYT (Moscow Times)
WNU editor: If Gen. Sergei Surovikin knew about Prigozhin’s plans to launch a mutiny, and did nothing about it, he would not be in the position that he is in today. He would have been fired/demoted on the spot.
Update #2: The Kremlin has just denied this New York Times report.
NYT is full of crap, as always, and so are American Intel agencies.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of those innuendo, character assassination back jobs. Like Trump is in league with Putin , the Steele dossier, or Trump calls ww2 vets suckers.
It's all crap.
Editor, why even post this stuff?
Prigozhin made a lot of easily disprovable claims during his stunt, such as certain fronts were collapsing (they still haven't moved days later) but a lot of the stuff that he said about Shoigu is true. I'm sure his days are now numbered and I'm sure that Washington would prefer if he was replaced by another lazy crook instead of someone competent like Surovikin.
ReplyDelete5 bucks this whole thing is a huge propaganda hit. Probably now trying to make Putin paranoid and everyone else questioning stuff.
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ReplyDeleteTwo sisters that were killed yesterday by Ruzzia's brutal missile attack on Kramatorsk city pizzeria.
9 people were killed, including 3 kids.
The pizzeria was a strategic military target per the orcs!
Moscow used precision guided missiles to minimize collateral damage!
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ReplyDeleteThere are now reports that Gen. Sergei Surovikin has been arrested. The Kremlin is only releasing this information now.
ReplyDeleteReally? I'm actually stunned of the amount of information that's leaking out of Russia.
ReplyDeleteIf this is true then we were wrong. Well cannot be right ever time. This whole wagner thing really is a mystery wrapped inside of an enigma.
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