Russia’s ‘General Armageddon’ Sergei Surovikin appears to be seen in public for first time since Wagner mutiny

Fired Russian General Sergei Surovikin appeared to be pictured Monday for the first time since he vanished more than two months ago in the aftermath of the Wagner Group’s short-lived mutiny.

“General Sergei Surovikin is out. Alive, healthy, at home, with his family, in Moscow,” Russian media personality Ksenia Sobchak wrote while sharing a photo supposedly of the once-powerful military leader widely known as “General Armageddon.”

“Photo taken today,” Sobchak wrote in a caption to the picture, which showed a man in sunglasses and a hat walking with a woman who appeared to be Surovikin’s wife, Anna.

Surovikin — who once led Russia’s military in its war on Ukraine — had vanished soon after he was widely rumored to have had inside knowledge on mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived June rebellion.

He was then dismissed from his post late last month hours before Prigozhin and his top deputy were killed in a plane explosion.

The authenticity of the photo could not immediately be verified. However, other reports also suggested it was proof nothing untoward had befallen the fallen leader.

“General Surovikin is at home with his family. He is on leave and available to the Defence Ministry,” prominent independent Russian journalist Alexei Venediktov wrote on his channel, without visual evidence.

Surovikin had briefly led Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and was known as “General Armageddon” for his ruthless military tactics in Syria. 

He had released a hostage-style video urging Wagner fighters to lay down their arms as they marched towards Moscow to overthrow other top generals, but had not been seen since.

Surovikin was fired amid an apparent effort by the Kremlin to rid Russia’s military leadership of anyone that was too closely aligned with Prigozhin, who had praised him as “a man who is not afraid of responsibility.”

After the mutiny, his daughter told reporters that her father had not been arrested, saying “nothing has happened to him.”

Several weeks later, a top lawmaker said the general was “resting” amid reports he was “in one of the Caucasus resorts.”

With Post wires