Questions are swirling over the whereabouts of General Sergey Surovikin and Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, both of whom have not been seen in public for days amid reports about the potential role of the air force leader in the mutiny Follow live updates:
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell talks to the media as he arrives for a European Council Summit, at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 29.Russian President Vladimir Putin has been weakened by the Wagner rebellion over the weekend which shows that he is “not the only master in town” and “has lost the monopoly of force,” the European Union’s foreign policy chief said Thursday.
Meanwhile, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been “weakened” following the 24-hour rebellion by Wagner.. He stayed in near complete seclusion during the pandemic. When he did appear, he was usually seen sitting at a huge desk, far away from anyone around. But after facing the biggest-ever challenge to his authority over the weekend, Putin is back in the public eye.
Colonel General Sergei Surovikin attends a briefing in the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, on June 9, 2017.Gen. Sergey Surovikin, the commander of the Russian Air Force, has not been seen in public since overnight on Friday when he issued a video appeal to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to cease his rebellion. Questions about his whereabouts — and his potential role in the short-lived insurrection — have been swirling in recent days.
Asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to trust Surovikin, Peskov said: “He [Putin] is the supreme commander-in-chief and he works with the defense minister, [and] with the chief of the General Staff. As for the structural divisions within the ministry, I would ask you to contact the [Defense] Ministry.”
Citing US officials who it said were briefed on American intelligence, The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Surovikin “had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Russia’s military leadership.”
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