Ukraine war: Sergei Surovikin 'seen in first photo' since Wagner mutiny
BBC 2023-09-05 03:54:56 • 2 mins
By George Wright
BBC News
A photo posted online appears to show a Russian general who has not been seen in public since a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in June.
Sergei Surovikin is said to have been close to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash last month.
There have been reports that Gen Surovikin is being investigated for possible complicity in the mutiny.
But a photo purporting to show Russia's former commander in Ukraine has now been published on social media.
"General Sergei Surovikin is out. Alive, healthy, at home, with his family, in Moscow. Photo taken today," well-known Russian media personality Ksenia Sobchak wrote in a caption on the picture on Telegram on Monday.
