Putin may have shored up unity, which helps the war effort, but watching his back for pro-Wagner traitors may be a distraction
means the two most effective leaders in the first phase of the Ukraine war are now both gone, their removal a victory of sorts for the old guard at the Kremlin.
Surovikin, already demoted from overall command, has been out of commission and possibly imprisoned since June, given his close relationship with Prigozhin and his presence in Rostov, where the short lived Wagner march to Moscow began. At the beginning of August, Russian forces launched another artillery-led offensive aimed at Kupiansk, on the northern part of the eastern front, and from there south towards Lyman. Territorial gains have been modest, a couple of miles in the middle of the month, but Ukraine has been forced to shore up its lines.
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