British intelligence reported "cleaning" of Russian generals after the Wagner PEC

The UK Ministry of Defense noted that the arrests of such authoritative in the Armed Forces of figures as General Sergey Surovikin will be split in the environment of the Russian Federation. The British intelligence drew attention to the fact that after the armed rebellion of the Wagner PEC ", Russian military commander-deputy commander of Russian troops in Ukraine in Ukraine, Army General Sergey Surovikin and Deputy Minister of Defense, Colonel-Beck Yevkur disappeared.

On July 5, the press service of the UK Ministry of Defense reported. The report states that Surovkin has not appeared in public since June 24, and Yevkurov was not present at the television speech of the RF Ministry of Defense's leadership on July 3, 2023. "The suspicion, which potentially fell on senior officers, emphasizes how the unsuccessful rebellion of Prigogine has strengthened the existing fault lines in the Russian National Security Community," the British Defense Ministry noted.

Meanwhile, there are no confirmations that Surovik and Yevkurov have been arrested. Most likely, the Russian authorities have suspected Generals of the Curator of the Wagnerivtsi Yevgeny Prigogin - Surovikina since 2017, since the time of Syria since 2017. Yevkurov also lit up in a video in conversation with Prigogin while capturing Rostov-on-Don.

"Although Surovikin is mostly known in the West for its cruel reputation, he is one of the most revered senior officers in the Russian Armed Forces; any official sanctions against him are likely to cause split,"-summed up British intelligence. We will remind, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu on July 3 for the first time commented on the military rebellion of PEC "Wagner", organized by Yevgeny Prigogin.