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It’s also fascinating that as the rumors are flying about arrests of Surovikin and possible detainment of other generals, Fontanka reports sightings (based on 2 sources) of Prigozhin at his office in St Petersburg and Wagner continues to recruit at full steam https://t.co/BUDx0I073G
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) June 28, 2023
Pro-Kremlin pundit Sergey Markov (grain of salt, eat it) says he doesn’t believe the “pro-Western Russian media” reports that Surovikin is arrested. It would be weird if the insurrection’s leaders were let go and those who spoke publicly against them were arrested, after all……
— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) June 28, 2023
Surovikin was also a relatively competent - albeit totally amoral - commander who was smart enough to recognise the futility of trying to hold onto the city of Kherson - on the 'wrong' side of the Dnipro, and organised a fairly orderly withdrawal of occupying Russian forces.
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) June 28, 2023
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