Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov believes that the replacement of the former commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin, with the Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, indicates that the conflict continues in the Russian Federation between the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the command of the regular Russian army. He expressed this opinion during an interview with the BBC..

He also stressed that the missile attacks against the critical infrastructure of Ukraine, which Surovikin initiated, turned out to be fruitless.. In addition, they reduced Russian missile stocks, which the Russian Federation continues to lose further..

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Recall, on January 11, Russia replaced the commander of the occupation forces in Ukraine - in this position, Sergey Surovikin was replaced by the head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov, moving his predecessor to the chair of his deputy.

Even before that, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense spoke about the alliance concluded between Surovikin and the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who were trying to capture Bakhmut at any cost. They needed this in order to confront Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who belongs to the same orbit as Gerasimov.