#Wagner
🇺🇲 ISW:
🇷🇺 Former #Russian officer and ardent nationalist Igor Girkin accused #Wagner Group financier Yevgeny #Prigozhin of planning a coup against the current Russian leadership.
Girkin’s and his associates’ criticisms are largely consistent with Prigozhin’s continued prioritization of his own personal aims over those of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the broader operational situation near #Bakhmut
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-27-2023
🇬🇧 UK Ministry of Defence:
🇺🇦 #Ukrainian forces had taken 20 square kilometres on Bakhmut's flanks as of 16 May 2023. The rotation out of #Wagner forces is likely to continue in controlled phases to prevent collapse in pockets around #Bakhmut
🇷🇺 Despite Prigozhin’s ongoing feud with the #Russian MOD, Wagner forces will likely be used for further offensive operations in the #Donbas following reconstituting its forces.
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1662337489334419458?s=19
What do you do first things first on a #Caturday morning if you are one of the #CatsOfMastodon ? you listen to #TheGlobalJigsaw - we take you to #Mali, where #Russia 's #WagnerGroup arrived around 18 months ago: you can hear about a cartoon with a rat, #Wagner 's 'asymmetric solutions' and #Kremlin propaganda in the #Sahel , plus the dreamy radiostations of #Gao... give it a go, the boss lady is tuning in now:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk
Just a day after the US imposes #sanctions on the head of #Russia's #Wagner group in #Mali drops our next #TheGlobalJigsaw : you can find out more about African influencers amplifying #Kremlin #propaganda - What’s the appeal for people in the #Sahel region and beyond? And how has the arrival of #Russian boots changed the equation on the ground in the fight against #jihadist groups?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk
🇺🇸 🇷🇺 The US Treasury has sanctioned the head of the #Wagner private military group in #Mali, Ivan Maslov, as part of its pushback against Wagner activities in #Africa funneling support to Russia’s war against #Ukraine
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/26/africa/us-wagner-sanctions-mali-intl/index.html
Laut ihrem Chef Jewgeni #Prigoschin hat die russische Söldnergruppe #Wagner in Bachmut 20.000 Kämpfer verloren! Das wären satte zwei Drittel ihrer Gesamtstärke (lt. Wikimedia 50.000).
US-Regierung verhängt Sanktionen gegen Wagner-Chef in Mali
Die USA hegen schon länger den Verdacht, dass die Wagner-Gruppe in Mali aktiv ist. Nun haben sie den dortigen Landeschef der Söldnertruppe mit Strafen belegt. Die Militärfirma sei in der Region eine "destabilisierende Kraft", heißt es zur Begründung.
🤡 Pro-Kremlin journalist Konstantin Dolgov was fired on May 25, a day after he published the full version of an interview with Yevgeny #Prigozhin, the leader of the #Wagner private mercenary group 😂
#Russia's #Wagner begins withdrawing units from #Bakhmut - Prigozhin
#StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #FreeNavalny #PutinsWar #Muscovy
#Russia- #Ukraine live: ‘20,000’ #Wagner fighters killed in #Bakhmut
#StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #FreeNavalny #PutinsWar #Muscovy
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 24, 2023
"...reported Russian losses in Bakhmut have saturated the pro-war information space
Prigozhin is likely doubling down on his attempts to establish himself as a Russian totalitarian figure who could achieve military victory in Ukraine"
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-24-2023
#Biden #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US #WW3 #Zelensky #News #Bakhmut #Wagner #ISW
🇷🇺 Le groupe Wagner commence le transfert de Bakhmout à l’armée russe 📰 https://www.election-politique.com/revuedepresse.php
#RevuedePresse #politique #international #Russie #WagnerGroup #Wagner #GuerreEnUkraine
🇺🇦 Russia's #Wagner mercenary group has started withdrawing its forces from the #Ukrainian city of #Bakhmut and transferring its positions there to regular #Russian troops, its founder Yevgeny #Prigozhin said in a video published on Thursday.
#ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #russia #RussiaUkraineWar #RussianArmy #WagnerGroup #news
🇺🇸 ISW: The overall #Russian information space response to the capture of #Bakhmut has fixated on attributing responsibility for its capture and speculating on the associated costs of the operation, thus depriving the Russian MoD of the oxygen necessary to positively frame the city’s capture.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-24-2023
#russia #RussianArmy #wagner #RussiaUkraineWar #ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #news
#Prigozhin, the founder and leader of the #Wagner mercenary group, asserted that the war had #backfired spectacularly by failing to “demilitarize” Ukraine.
He also called for #totalitarian policies. “We must introduce #martial #law. We unfortunately … must announce new waves of #mobilization; we must put everyone who is capable to work on increasing the production of ammunition,” he said. “Russia needs to live like #North #Korea for a few years, so to say, close the borders … and work hard.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/yevgeniy-prigozhin-war-backfired-revolution/
#Putin Could Face 'Revolution' Over War, Elite Kids, #Wagner Boss Says
> Putin could face a "revolution" because of outrage over war in #Ukraine, Wagner boss #Prigozhin said.
> #Russia's elite not sending "fat, carefree" kids into war could spark public unrest, he added
"Prigozhin’s rants often undermine Moscow’s official line and almost certainly would result in harsh punishment for anyone else. The country has outlawed criticism of the military and many citizens have faced prosecution...
Private military companies are technically illegal in #Russia, but #Prigozhin has operated with impunity...
#Wagner soldiers are suspected of war crimes following reports of executions, torture, rape and abductions."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/yevgeniy-prigozhin-war-backfired-revolution/
Well that's one way to deal with crime https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-wagner-group-reports-10000-prisoner-deaths/a-65714776 #russia #putin #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #wagner
俄羅斯僱傭兵集團 #Wagner 的老闆 #Prigozhin 警告，如果再不在烏克蘭戰爭改善目前的形勢，俄羅斯可能面對革命，一如沙俄1917年遭二月革命推翻。
The Chechen TikTok Brigades of the UKR-RU Conflict
There seems to be a bit of confusion regarding Wagner, other Russian mercenary outfits, and the Chechen's, who are all serving Putin’s interests.
#TikTok #Wagner
https://open.substack.com/pub/renderpedia/p/the-chechen-tiktok-brigades-of-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android
#iTHiNKLabs Episode 262🔴https://bit.ly/3L3wZ2O
Focus:
#Security #Blockchain #Sweden #HostageDiplomacy #TikTok #Travel #UK #ElonMusk #Montana #Business #Germany #Tinder #Denmark #Military #Scam #Law #Gershkovich #Fediverse #Smartmatic #Finland #Politics #USA #Dominion #Norway #Law #BlackMastodon #India #CyberSecurity #Iran #Media #Venezuela #Tech #NorthKorea #Law #Africa #Wagner #SaudiArabia #Mastodon #Turkey #InfoSec #Myanmar #Egypt #AI #Sudan #Crypto #Ukraine #FoxNews #China #Twitter #Russia
Wagner's Selling a Bahkmut Victory and I'm Not Buying It
#Wagner
https://open.substack.com/pub/renderpedia/p/wagners-selling-a-bahkmut-victory?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android
Right now, #Wagner and #Schnittke with Yang and Levitin from #Oslo https://buff.ly/3WycfWC #wch
In 20 minutes, #Wagner and #Schnittke with Yang and Levitin from #Oslo https://buff.ly/3WycfWC #wch
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 23, 2023
"Russian forces likely pushed the RDK and LSR forces at least to the Kozinka border settlement and possibly out of Russian territory as of May 23"
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-23-2023
#Biden #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US #WW3 #Zelensky #News #Bakhmut #Wagner #ISW
20,000 Dead
"Russia's Wagner mercenary group lost 20,000 fighters while fighting for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, half of which were convicts recruited from prisons, the group's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an interview published late Tuesday."
#Biden #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US #WW3 #Zelensky #News #Bakhmut #Wagner
Founder of the mercenary #Wagner Group Yevgeny #Prigozhin has revealed that his private military company has lost 20,000 fighters in the #Ukraine war.
Half of the losses represent convicts who were recruited in #Russian prisons, Prigozhin told media strategist Konstantin Dolgov in an interview.
Today, #Wagner and #Schnittke with Yang and Levitin from #Oslo https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/wagner_and_schnittke_with_yang_and_levitin_from_oslo/75834/ #wch
#Wagner Group's withdrawal from front on 1 June will allow #Ukraine's Armed Forces to launch counterattacks
#StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #FreeNavalny #PutinsWar #Muscovy #Russia
#Ucraina
Difficile dire se la #Wagner uscirà davvero di scena da questo conflitto che l’ha vista protagonista in numerose rilevanti battaglie (e vittorie) o se per alcuni mesi le unità combattenti verranno riorganizzate e riceveranno nuovi armamenti: molto dipenderà dalle valutazioni politiche a Mosca tenuto conto del braccio dio ferro tra #Prigozhin e i vertici militari che non ha però mai riguardato la fedeltà del capo della Wagner nei confronti del presidente #Putin.
Analisi Difesa
#Prigozhin getting ready to pull a #Biden!
#Ukraine #Russia war live updates: #Wagner Group fighters leaving #Bakhmut https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/05/22/ukraine-russia-war-live-updates/70242385007/
Always interesting blogs from #bibliolore . Today celebrating the 210th birthday of Richard Wagner:
https://bibliolore.org/2023/05/22/wagner-and-buddhism/
@classicalmusic #opera #wagner #buddhism #blog #classicalmusic #musicaclasica #klassisk
📷 I would call the photos
#Bakhmut - The Shield
The shield that has been defending #Krematorsk, #Slovyansk (& hundreds of thousands of people in central #Ukraine) for almost 10 months from the arrival of the Russian occupiers with their "ruSSian world" of #destruction, #poverty, #corruption and #serfdom.
#RussianWarOfAgression #WarCrimes #Wagner #Prigozhin #Bakhmout #Peace #RussianWorld
23/ this what #Wagner and the Kremlin are proud of...
funny enough it does not matter at all no more.. because you would not even be able to spend one night there.
Right now, Slobodeniouk conducts #Wagner and #Rachmaninov's Third in #Amsterdam https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/slobodeniouk_conducts_wagner_and_rachmaninovs_third_in_amsterdam/75907/ #wch
In 10 minutes, Slobodeniouk conducts #Wagner and #Rachmaninov's Third in #Amsterdam https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/slobodeniouk_conducts_wagner_and_rachmaninovs_third_in_amsterdam/75907/ #wch
At his #G7 visit to Japan, #Ukraine 's president #Zelensky was asked whether #Bakhmut remained in #Ukrainian hands - the #Russian side ( #Wagner group) claimed a full takeover yesterday,- "I think no... For today, it is only in our hearts."
https://www.bbc.com/russian/live/news-65565851?
#Sudan : The #UAE hired #Wagner in #Libya and now they are moving them to support #Hemeti via their other mercenary #Khalifa Haftar in Sudan.
🔴 Haftar who was born in #Egypt and is an American citizen is linked to #Sisi and Egypt because of his role in Eastern Libya as warlord. Burhan is using Egyptian pilots and is linked to Sisi.
🔴 Sudan like Libya, #CAR, #DRC etc is a fractured state many blame on colonial engineering. But the new order wants these African powerhouses to be fractous. Getting their moneysworth with small mercenary, proxy or military interference.
#Africa #Russia #US
threadreaderapp.com/thread/165…
Jason Burke: #Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in #Mali village, UN report finds: Report implicates #Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians
#wagnergroup #crimesagainsthumanity
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/20/russian-mercenaries-behind-slaughter-in-mali-village-un-report-finds
#Russia looking for new friends in #Africa spells new trouble for a turbulent region. The Central #African Republic #CAR has in recent years become one of #Moscow ’s main hubs of influence operations on the continent. What drew the #Kremlin -linked #mercenary group #Wagner to this resource rich country that was never part of the #Soviet sphere of #influence ?
Get in touch: theglobaljigsaw@bbc.co.uk
Listen here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fnsylv
The latest episode of #TheGlobalJigsaw takes you to #Bangui in the Central #African Republic known as the #CAR . The question we explore in detail: why #Russia is seeking new friends in a country that was never part of the #Soviet sphere of influence. Mythmaking, beauty contest, poetry competition for children with an optional trip to #Crimea and #Wagner all along
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk
A great weekend listen, i promise. #podcast #PodcastRecommendation
Wakey, wakey, it is #Caturday again: your best chance to listen to #TheGlobalJigsaw - in this episode we take you to the Central #African Republic #CAR to see what six years of #Wagner presence on the ground has meant for this mineral-rich country. Statues, human rights violations, pro- #Kremlin radio station, looting, logging and liqueur... and barely any reliable news.
The boss lady was so keen to hear it first, she stayed up and waited for it to drop at 3 AM...
further targeting the individuals and organisations that are equipping both the #Russian armed forces and #Wagner group. Amongst those sanctioned are:
Alan Valerievich #Lushinkov and Vladimir Nikolaevich #Lepin of JSC Concern #Kalashnikov, producing 95% of all Rus firearms
JSC #BMZ which has produced anti-personnel and anti-tank #mines used in #Ukraine
JSC #Motovilikhinskiye , a subsidiary of #Rostec which manufactures #howitzers used by the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
A WaPo exclusive on the #discord leaks: it alleges #Wagner chief #Prigozhin offered to give #Russian troop #locations to #Ukraine
No paywall
Yevgeniy Prigozhin said he would tell #Ukraine’s military where to attack #Russian troops if they pulled their own forces back from the beleaguered city of Bakhmut, where #Wagner mercenaries were taking heavy losses -
The estimable Niccolò Machiavelli had something to say about this, you know: "Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe..."
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/machiavelli/works/prince/ch12.htm
The grand brainwashing is always on. #War #Warmonger #Russia #russianwarcrimes #Africa #Africans #Coups #Peace #Rape #Murder #Women #children #AfricanWomen #centralafricanrepublic #CAR #Mali #Libya #Murder #SA #SouthAfrica #wagnergroup #Wagner
There's no love lost between the Russian military and the private mercenary company Wagner.
The AP reports on Wagner's threat to withdraw its fighters from the battle to seize an eastern Ukrainian city: https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-prigozhin-ukraine-war-fa08125fb220b1bc49e6d12fe5a7159d
BREAKING NEWS 🗯️
Russian media report that Colonel-General Mizintsev, known as "Butcher of Mariupol", who was dismissed from the position of deputy defense minister for logistics a few days ago, was just named the deputy commander of Wagner PMC.
Mizintsev was spotted on the video published on social media.
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Russian #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey #Finland #Bakhmut #Wagner
5/ donc on se souvient tous de cela :
" #Russia is on the brink of catastrophe." Prigozhin issued an ultimatum to Shoigu and threatened #Putin with military mutiny Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the PMC "#Wagner", wrote a letter to Defense Minister Sergei #Shoigu, demanding to provide #ammunition. #Prigozhin gave an ultimatum…"
Nothing says "Almost Friday" like watching a rerun of 500 Syrian and #Wagner soldiers on a black ops get pounded by the Americans. Soon the #WagnerGroup will be a footnote in history.
Prigozhin says Wagner PMC has no stock of ammunition and their reserves will lnly last a few days. Their requests are ignored by the ministry of defense.
P.S. Does it ever seem to you that Prigozhin is the new Rasputin?
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey #Finland #Bakhmut #Wagner
https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-65459280 this latest #BBCRussian investigation is looking into how #Russia 's Defence Ministry said to have used #Wagner - like methods to recruit from prisons for the front from Sep 2022 (according to sources) and how some were taken without their consent
Großbritannien hat DU-Geschosse an Kiew geliefert. Das ist Panzer-brechende
#Munition mit abgereichertem #Uran
#NTV 26.04.2023:
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/23-58-EU-Gespraech-von-Xi-mit-Selenskyj-war-lange-ueberfaellig--article24082227.html
+++ 08:39 Briten liefern Ukraine Uranmunition für Kampfpanzer Challenger 2 +++
Nach der Überstellung von 14 hochmodernen Kampfpanzern vom Typ Challenger 2 hat die britische Regierung der Ukraine nach eigenen Angaben auch Tausende Schuss Munition geliefert, darunter Panzer-brechende Uranmunition...
#Uranmunition ist umstritten, weil deren Strahlengefahr nicht eindeutig widerlegt ist.
Autor Frieder #Wagner am 25. März 2023 in Telepolis:
Urangeschosse und -bomben sind #Waffen aus abgereichertem Uran 238– englisch: depleted uranium oder kurz auch DU.
Radioaktiv und hochgiftig
BBC News - #Wagner #deserter admits #Norway bar brawl
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65389729
BBC News - #Wagner in #Sudan: What have #Russian #mercenaries been up to?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65328165
#Murder, ‘alcohol and prostitutes’: #Wagner convicts pardoned by Putin return to terrorise home towns
Earlier this year, Vladimir Putin signed legislation making it a criminal offence to publicly criticise Wagner fighters or publish negative reports about them.
By @pjotrsauer
Die #Schweiz verhängt Sanktionen gegen PMC #Wagner und gegen die russische Nachrichtenagentur RIA FAN, die #Prigozhin gehört.
@saint_rebel_ukraine_ If it were up to me, everyone included in that "we"---not just the person who gave the order but everyone who obeyed it---would be surrendered to an international tribunal as a condition of peace.
In the video, they claim to have participated in the shooting of more than 20 Ukrainian children and teenagers, the bombing of a pit with more than 50 wounded Ukrainian prisoners and the so-called "500" (PMC mercenaries who refused to follow orders), the sweeping of residential buildings with the killing of civilians, including children.
They also claimed that Yevhen Prigozhin personally gave the orders for shootings and killings.
Azamat Udarov claimed that he killed a five-year-old child on orders. Commenting on the video of the beheading of a military man, he stated that this was "nothing" compared to what was going on in the background.
"What you saw in that video is a joke. Yes, it's brutal. What we did when we went into Soledar or Bakhmut - that was the scene. We were given the command to mop up and exterminate everyone. We arrived in the last batch of "Wagnerians", 150 people, we unloaded, and we were given a command to destroy on our way and to stand in defence by all means. We went and killed everyone. There were women, men, grandfathers, pensioners, retired women and children," he says.
Aleksei Savichev recounted the shooting of unarmed teenagers in February 2023 under orders.
"15-16-year-old Ukrainians I wouldn't say civilians, but how many were shot - maybe 24 people, maybe 20. They came out unarmed, but when they understood the T-shirts, there were such tattoos that there was nowhere else to go. Azov, for example," he said.
He also claims that he threw grenades into the ditch with the wounded on orders.
According to him, there were both wounded Ukrainian POWs and Wagnerians.
He does not remember how many there were and what the ratio was, but he identified his soldiers by the colour of their bandages.
When he complained to the leadership that "they were ours", he was told that "they were no longer ours".
Source and video in Russian: https://t.me/stranaua/100583
#Russia #Ukraine
12/x würde jedoch alle Hilfspläne einfrieren, wenn #Ouagadougou ein Abkommen mit der russischen paramilitärischen Söldner Gruppe #Wagner unterzeichnet, die verstärkt in den genannten Bezirken schon operiert.
Prigozhin, like Himmler, hoping to become chief negotiator for ruZZia after Putler is cleared away.
#RussiaIsCollapsing
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RT @NatalkaKyiv
So Prigozhin just posted a very interesting video on his telegram channel.
Looks like someone is trying to rebrand his ORCanization.
I have an opinion about this, but would love to hear your thoughts!
#Wagner #Prigozhin #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #RussianUkrainianWar
https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1647508723412205569
BBC News - Vitaly Votanovsky flees #Russia after documenting a #Wagner cemetery
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65213426
Aberwitziger Irrsinn: Die russische Bevölkerung hat jetzt Angst vor den vormals schon wegen Gewalttaten verurteilten Knastis, die im Krieg völlig ihre Menschlichkeit verloren haben dürften.
Die Angst vor den #Wagner-Rückkehrern
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/wagner-rueckkehrer-ukraine-krieg-russland-100.html
'The certificates issued to freed #Wagner veterans claim to have been endorsed by the decree of President Putin. With Wagner now likely banned from recruiting more prisoners, this exodus will worsen its personnel problems. In addition, the sudden influx of often violent offenders with recent and often traumatic combat experience will likely present a significant challenge for Russia’s war-time society.' V @DefenceHQ
From the UK's latest defence intel update: 'In the coming weeks, thousands of #Russian #convicts who have fought for #Wagner Group are likely to be pardoned and released. Wagner prisoner recruitment peaked in autumn 2022, with inmates being offered commutation of their sentences after six months of service. Although approx. half of those recruited have likely been killed or wounded, evidence suggests the group is following through on its promise to free survivors.'
#Putin has signed into law a bill of amendments to 'discrediting the army of #Russia' extending it to 'volunteers' (basically ruling out anything that could be perceived as criticism) - jail term for it raised from 3 to 5 ys. Changes said to be initiated by #Wagner founder #Prigozhin - v OVD info
https://ovd.news/express-news/2023/03/18/putin-podpisal-zakon-o-zaprete-diskreditacii-naemnikov-i-rasprostranenii
'Luxembourg’s economy and foreign ministries are suing Spacety Luxembourg SA for its alleged ties with #Moscow that were brought to light after the US sanctioned the group for allegedly providing satellite images to Russia’s mercenary #Wagner group in January'
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/space-company-investigated-over-alleged-russian-ties/
V Gerashchenko
The Lithuanian parliament designated the Russian mercenary company the Wagner Group as a terrorist organization. #Lithuania | #Russia | #Wagner
The founder of Russia's #Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny #Prigozhin, says his forces have in #Ukraine occupied the whole of the eastern part of #Bakhmut. In an audio message, he said everything east of the Bakhmutka River was under their control. It's not been possible to verify the claim.
Today, @NSOIreland plays #Wagner #Elgar with Johnston #Mendelssohn and #Debussy in #Dublin https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/wagner_elgar_with_johnston_mendelssohn_and_debussy_from_dublin/74350/ #wch
For Russian troops, the Ukraine invasion is a return to the horrors of the first World War, with "Human Wave Attacks" treating soldiers as cannon fodder https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/25/wagner-group-taking-80-losses-with-human-wave-attack-tactics-18348460/?ico=related-posts #ukraine #russia #humanwave #wagner
The #EU announces additional #sanctions against #Russia's #Wagner mercenary organisation for "human rights abuses" in the Central African Republic, Sudan and Mali
Jewgeni #Prigoschin ist Chef der berüchtigten Söldnertruppe "#Wagner". Der #Leak Tausender Dokumente, die einem internationalen Rechercheteam - Welt am Sonntag, Insider, Arte, Paris Match u.a. - vorliegen, ermöglicht nun tiefe Einblicke in sein Imperium.
Die Dokumente zeigen Wagner-Verbindungen zur #AfD und dem rechten Aktivisten #BillySix, belegen die straffe Organisation der Truppe, Aktivitäten in #Mali und dem #Sudan und Destabilisierungsversuche in #Estland
#Russian Def Min & PMC forces have likely suffered 175-200,000 #casualties since the start of the #invasion. This likely includes approx 40-60,000 killed.
The casualty rate has significantly increased since Sep 2022 when ‘partial mobilisation’ was imposed.
#Wagner PMC forces have deployed large numbers of #convict-recruits. These have probably experienced a casualty rate of up to 50%.
V @defenceHQ
Russia’s private military force, explained, Inside the Wagner Group’s playbook.
#Wagner Group forces have almost certainly made further small gains around N outskirts of #Bakhmut incl into Krasna Hora, the tactical Russian advance to the S of the town has likely made little progress
there is a realistic possibility that Russia's immediate goal is to advance west to the Zherberets River
The overall picture suggests that Russian forces are being given orders to advance in most sectors
V @DefenceHQ
#BBC News - #Ukraine: US sanctions Chinese firm helping #Russia's #Wagner Group
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64421915