On July 10, 2023, russian Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov made his first TV appearance since the abortive Wagner mutiny of June 24, 2023, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
Gerasimov was seen being briefed by video link by russian Aerospace Forces Chief of Staff Colonel general Viktor Afzalov. Afzalov has been in post for at least four years, but this is probably his first public appearance with Gerasimov.
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Afzalov is deputy to Commander-in-Chief russian Aerospace Forces, General Sergei Surovikin. Afzalov’s increased public profile, while Surovikin’s whereabouts remains unclear, adds further weight to the hypothesis that Surovikin has been sidelined following the mutiny.
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