A PURGE AFTER THE PUTSCH? Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the former top Russian commander in Ukraine, was arrested four days ago on suspicion he may have played a role in the aborted weekend mutiny by Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, according to a report in the Moscow Times.

The report is said to be based on “two sources close to the Defense Ministry” and notes Surovikin has not been seen in public since Saturday, the day Prigozhin launched his failed attempt to dispose of the leadership of the Defense Ministry by force.

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