Whereabouts of top Russian general remain unknown since Prigozhin mutiny

By Mike Brest

Published July 5, 2023 3:59pm ET

Whereabouts of top Russian general remain unknown since Prigozhin mutiny — Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, commander of the Russian forces in Syria, speaks, with a map of Syria projected on the screen in the back, at a briefing in the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 9, 2017. Russia's Defense Ministry announced that air force chief, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, would be the commander of all Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. The statement marked the first official appointment of a single commander for the entire Russian force in Ukraine.

The deputy commander of Russian troops in Ukraine has not been seen since the Wagner Group’s attempted rebellion against top military leaders last month.

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