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2023-06-23 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Actual information about the situation on the front line: June 22 (updated)
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Posted by badanov 2023-06-23 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Civil war w/ Wagner PMC. Russian army attacks Wagner camp.

Prigozhin for the past day has been inciting coup, verbally attacking the Russian army, ruling oligarchs and Putin's circle, laying out truth bombs about Russian aggression in Ukraine.

"Putin has been informed about the situation around Prigozhin, all necessary measures are being taken," Kremlin spokesman Peskov said.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 16:18||   2023-06-23 16:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Prigozhin actually declared war on the Russian Ministry of Defense!!!
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 16:21||   2023-06-23 16:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Full message of Prigozhi "declaring war on the Russian Ministry of Defence:
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 16:26||   2023-06-23 16:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Something seems to be going on, but likely a very good time to invoke the 48 hour rule...
Posted by Nero 2023-06-23 16:34||   2023-06-23 16:34|| Front Page Top

#5 "This is not a military coup, but a march of justice. Our actions do not interfere with the troops in any way," Prigozhin. The head of Wagner also stressed that artillerymen and helicopter pilots of the Russian Defense Ministry were used in the dark to destroy the Wagner PMC.

The National Guard was sent to the office of PMC "Wagner" in the St. Petersburg


Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 16:44||   2023-06-23 16:44|| Front Page Top

#6 The National Anti-Terrorism Committee stated that the allegations spread on behalf of Prigozhin have no basis: “In connection with these statements, the FSB initiated a criminal case on the fact of calling for an armed rebellion. We demand an immediate halt to illegal actions."
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 16:45||   2023-06-23 16:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Prigozhin, 19:52 BST audio message, saying "there's 25,000 of us, join us":

Ukrainian "Bakhmut Demon" 😳:
"The leftovers of Wagners on the outskirts of Bakhmut opened fire on the regular roads of the Russian Federation.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 16:53||   2023-06-23 16:53|| Front Page Top

#8 One of Wagner's channels - "All military who do not support the coup will be considered collaborators who sided with Ukrainians ... It will be interesting".
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 16:56||   2023-06-23 16:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Yesterday:
Prigozhin released today a new interview going over the current state of affairs as well as looking back at the events preceding the start of the "SMO". In this first bit, he explains that the Donbas was plundered by Russians since 2014 and the 2022 war began for reasons very different from those advertised to the public.

In continuation of his interview, Prigozhin lists two reasons for the start of the SMO: a) personal ambitions of Shoygu and b) the desire of Russia's ruling clan, who were not satisfied with the Donbas, to appoint Medvedchuk as the president of Ukraine and divide its assets between each other for plundering. According to Prigozhin, denazification and demilitarisation make no sense since Azov wouldn't be exchanged for Medvedchuk otherwise.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 17:01||   2023-06-23 17:01|| Front Page Top

#10 The border of the "DPR" and the Rostov region is closed, - local Donetsk and Rostov publics.

Other updates from MAKS23:
"On the route Moscow - Voronezh - Rostov-on-Don, the FSB with the support of the SOBR set up roadblocks" — BBC

The Kremlin's special communications ATS-2 and ATS-3 have been disabled, Russian media reported.

"While watching Russian TV channels, Prigozhin suddenly appeared on the TV and the playback of his speech began" - Russian TG channels

IL-76 transporters are heading towards Rostov. One of the boards belongs to the National Guard.

In Rostov, the streets began to be blocked, — rosZMI.

Mob reserve units, separate military units, RF Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, FSB, FSO and RU Guard in Moscow were raised on alarm a day and a half ago, as information was received about the preparation of an armed attack on government facilities - RU voenkors

The FSB opened a criminal case Prigozhin on the fact of organizing an armed rebellion, — the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. "This crime is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years."
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 17:14||   2023-06-23 17:14|| Front Page Top

#11 Russian channel DONTSTOPWAR reports that a 50km long Wagner-column has crossed the Novoshakhtinskaya border checkpoint into Russia reportedly heading for Novocherkassk (towards Rostov-on-Don). The column itself has not yet been visually confirmed.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 17:24||   2023-06-23 17:24|| Front Page Top

#12 General of the Russian Army Surovikin recorded an address to the soldiers and commanders of the "Wagner" PMC.

In a video message to the PMC "Wagner" urged "to stop the convoys, return them to the points of permanent deployment."
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 17:38||   2023-06-23 17:38|| Front Page Top

#13 General "Armageddon" Surovikin published a video calling Wagner to "obey the Supreme Commander".
*** Translation***
He is being slowly joined by other high-ranking commanders of the Russian army in similar videos.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 17:51||   2023-06-23 17:51|| Front Page Top

#14 C'mon, Dale? what are people saying?
Posted by Frank G 2023-06-23 18:26||   2023-06-23 18:26|| Front Page Top

#15 I think someone has probably wet himself over this now, judging by the number of comments he's made.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-23 18:29||   2023-06-23 18:29|| Front Page Top

#16 I'd like to see some actual pix or video of Wagner moving before breaking out the bubbly - or vodka. This seems to be more than a massive Uke psyop, but the idea of a 40km Wagner column already moving into Russia seems a stretch...
Posted by Nero 2023-06-23 18:53||   2023-06-23 18:53|| Front Page Top

#17 I think someone has probably wet himself over this now, judging by the number of comments he's made.

Stay ignorant, my friend.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 18:55||   2023-06-23 18:55|| Front Page Top

#18 An emergency security plan is reported to have been activated in Moscow in response to Yevgeny Prigozhin's 'rebellion', according to a Telegram channel with apparent links to the Russian security forces. An imminent attack on Moscow appears to be anticipated.

Wagner Group fighters have been saying goodbye to their relatives over the past 24 hours and telling them to watch the TV news, which suggests that they may have had advance notice of today's dramatic events with Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 18:59||   2023-06-23 18:59|| Front Page Top

#19 The 🇺🇦Ukrainian military reports that they are in Bakhmut and have recaptured several streets

Yesterday, before this rebellion began, Ukrainians already captured the MiG monument in SW Bakhmut.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:03||   2023-06-23 19:03|| Front Page Top

#20 In the southern front: Russian sources claim that Ukrainian forces are only 1.5km from Robotyne and have advanced.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:06||   2023-06-23 19:06|| Front Page Top

#21 "We crossed state borders. The border guards hugged our soldiers. We are entering Rostov" - Prigozhin

On his Telegram channel, @Gerashchenko_en
has shared the following message : “The first clash between advanced groups of the Wagner PMC, moving toward Moscow, and units of the Rosgvardia has just occurred on the Rostov-Moscow highway, near Kozachi Laheri”
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:14||   2023-06-23 19:14|| Front Page Top

#22 "We have crossed the state border in all places. We are entering Rostov. Conscripts were thrown against us and are withdrawing.... We keep moving. We are going all the way." - Prigozhin.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:17||   2023-06-23 19:17|| Front Page Top

#23 Moscow "Fortress" plan in action
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:28||   2023-06-23 19:28|| Front Page Top

#24 The Wagner Group is reported to be trying to contact former members who have completed their contracts and returned to civilian life. It's not clear if it's related to the ongoing 'coup attempt' but it may indicate that Wagner is trying to reactivate its former fighters.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:33||   2023-06-23 19:33|| Front Page Top

#25 Free Russian Legion: Civil war: Everyone who has worked at PMC Wagner has been summoned by messages and email today. To fight shoigu and gerasimov. The Russian guard raided the Wagner offices today.I received this email, I fought in Africa. Wagner has 62k soldiers active and rested in Russia now.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:36||   2023-06-23 19:36|| Front Page Top

#26 According to Anton Gerashchenko a second Wagner column left Millerovo (main Wagner training base) for Moscow:
It is reported that Wagner's column has passed the first checkpoints. They say they are on their way to Novocherkassk, where the army headquarters are. It is also known that a column of 400 vehicles left Millerovo in the direction of Moscow.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:46||   2023-06-23 19:46|| Front Page Top

#27 Anton Gerashchenko:
Prigozhin: "Just now head of the General Staff gave an order to bring aircraft into air and start shooting the convoys. They are walking among civilian cars, in between trucks. They don't care who they kill."

He says pilots refused to obey that order.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 19:50||   2023-06-23 19:50|| Front Page Top

#28 Prigozhin said that his mercenaries from the #Wagner PMC allegedly shot down the helicopter, which opened fire on the PMC convoy.

An audio message about this was published in his Telegram channel. There is no confirmation of this.

Earlier, he threatened that the mercenaries would shoot down "overflying aircraft" as well as shoot down outposts they meet along the way if they do not let the convoy through.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 20:59||   2023-06-23 20:59|| Front Page Top

#29 Clashes reported in Rostov (night video).
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 21:12||   2023-06-23 21:12|| Front Page Top

#30 Dawn in Western Russia. Another Wagner column in the Rostov region.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 21:38||   2023-06-23 21:38|| Front Page Top

#31 Wagner tanks in Rostov-on_Don city.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 21:51||   2023-06-23 21:51|| Front Page Top

#32 Another
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 21:53||   2023-06-23 21:53|| Front Page Top

#33 Rostov... Tanks and armored vehicles arrived at the building of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Rostov, the streets were blocked.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 21:57||   2023-06-23 21:57|| Front Page Top

#34 "Part of the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine came under the command of Prigozhin" - Russian Voenkors

Speculation or fact on Army unit flipping? Twitter videos show that Army checkpoints have been letting Wagner pass or reportedly refusing to attack.

Wagner cars on the M4 highway in Pavlovsk

Could this be the reported/speculated Wagner column from Millerovo heading north to Moscow? 600km is still a long way to Moscow.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-06-23 23:09||   2023-06-23 23:09|| Front Page Top

#35 Prigozhin vs the MoD reads like the Russian version of a Mexican telenovela.
Posted by SteveS 2023-06-23 23:21||   2023-06-23 23:21|| Front Page Top

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