The mutiny against the upper echelons of the Russian Government at the hands of the Wagner mercenary group last June has left many unknowns.

Despite the fact that the Kremlin was able to control it less than two days after the uprising began, several Russian military leaders who until then made up the media cast of the Russian Federation Army have fallen along the way.

This is the case of Sergei Surovikin, known as ‘General Armaggedon’ and for several months the head of the troops that have invaded Ukraine.

Considered the link between the head of the Wagner Group and Vladimir Putin, Surovikin was arrested after the mercenary mutiny and has not been seen in public since then.

Although both the Kremlin and his family have reiterated that he is fine, the truth is that the military has gone from being one of the images of the Russian invasion in Ukraine to disappearing from public life.

This Tuesday the dismissal of Surovikin as commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces has emerged through various Russian sources.

This has been made known by the former editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy outlet (closed by the Russian authorities), Alexei Venediktov, who has qualified that although he no longer holds that position, he does continue to serve the orders of the Russian Army.

On the other hand, a source has assured the Russian newspaper RBC that the general is “at the moment in the middle of a short vacation.”

A second source confirmed to the aforementioned media the decision of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Also the presenter Ksenia Sobchak has affirmed this Tuesday that Surovikin has been dismissed from his position, adding that it was produced by means of a decree of last August 18.

There are important prorus voices like the Rybar Telegram channel. In it they point out that the dismissal of the general “is far from being a novelty” and suggests that the dismissal could have occurred almost immediately after the riot.

This account states that Surovikin was first placed in the Lefortovo remand center for interrogation and then “in more comfortable conditions”.

At the moment, the Russian government has not commented on the news or confirmed the possible dismissal.