Disgraced General Surovikin pictured in Algeria

The Russian Embassy in Algeria, with published photos from the wreath-laying ceremony on Victory Day on May 9, confirmed the presence of disgraced General Sergei Surovikin in this African country.

Recall that Surovikin previously commanded a grouping of Russian troops in the SMO zone on In Ukraine, he led the retreat from Kherson. Before that, he headed the Russian Aerospace Forces. Surovikin was absent from the public space for more than a year, his whereabouts were unknown.

"On May 9 this year, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Algeria, A.V. Solomatin, the military attache of the Embassy, the senior group of Russian military specialists, as well as diplomats of the embassy laid wreaths on the grave of the Soviet soldier I. Ostapchenko is at the Delhi Ibrahim military memorial cemetery in the capital," the diplomatic mission said in a statement.

In the photographs taken at the Delhi Ibrahim military cemetery, Surovikin is depicted at the head of a column of diplomatic mission staff. He walks next to the Russian military attache Vladimir Tsukanov to the grave of a Soviet soldier. In the caption to the publication, Surovikin is listed as "the head of a group of Russian military specialists in Algeria," but his name is not called.

In May 2024, the media reported that the possible return of the ex-commander of the grouping of troops in the SMO zone and the Russian Aerospace Forces, Sergei Surovikin, was denied in his entourage. Then there was unconfirmed information that he was sent to Africa.