Western intelligence officials now believe Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans were dependent on other military leaders joining his armed rebellion, new reports show.
Prigozhin would not have launched the rebellion without the belief that other powerful people would help him. U.S. officials are
trying to ascertain whether Gen. Sergei Surovikin—a military leader who used to be a top Russian commander in Ukraine—may have helped Prigozhin in his rebellion.On Friday, the Wagner Group—a private army of more than 25,000 which has been heavily involved in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—began an armed rebellion after Prigozhin accused the Russian military of attacking one of the Wagner group’s camps.
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