[GEO.TV] There have been speculations about the Russian private mercenary Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s whereabouts since he launched a failed rebellion against the leadership in Moscow last month, as a former official in the US claimed that he is likely dead or incarcerated.
According to a retired top US general Robert Abrams, the meeting which was held on June 29 and was confirmed by the Kremlin days ago was false.
While speaking with ABC News on a number of issues such as the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... summit and Ukrainian conflict, he also delineated Wagner’s mutiny that occurred last month.
"My personal assessment is that I doubt we’ll see Prigozhin ever again publicly," Abram told ABC News.
"I think he’ll either be put in hiding, or sent to prison, or dealt with some other way, but I doubt we’ll ever see him again."
He also responded to the question about the billionaire boss being alive, the retired four-star general said: "I personally don’t think he is, and if he is, he’s in a prison somewhere."
"I’d be surprised if we actually see proof of life that Putin met with Prigozhin, and I think it’s highly staged," Abrams said referring to the meeting that Dmitry Peskov confirmed days ago.
Russian government spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday Prigozhin and his lover companions met with President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... who invited 35 people to the meeting which lasted for three hours.
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Fell out of a window? Eat glow in the dark pudding? One of the crew of OceanGate? The possibilities are endless!
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Putin told the Wagner commanders at the meeting that Wagner was not a legal entity because there was no law governing PMCs.
This was central theme of the MoD's beef against Prigozhin and Wagner. Prigozhin said no, and those commanders who agreed with him have left for Belarus. The rest signed on as contract soldiers who the Russian MoD.
Putin is in a lot of hot water with the Duma because of his apparently casual relationship with Wagner. Dunno how it's all gonna turn out.
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Keeping a low profile, because his continued existence is an embarrasment for everybody. Very low profile.
Possibly minus 6 foot low profile.
(Although, the way the 'insurrection' turned off, you have to wonder who called him on the phone and said "Enough".)
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“You see, there’s different kinds of dead: there’s sort of dead, mostly dead, and all dead. This fella here, he’s only sort of dead, which means there’s still a memory inside, there’s still bits of brain. You apply a little pressure here, a little more there, sometimes you get results.” - Miracle Max
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^ Don't forget "Mr. Kurtz, him dead. Him gah damn dead."
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There was a photo release with the metadata showing it was taken on the 12th. He was alive, but did not look well. (Not that he did before....)
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions were also attacked.
During the day, Russia attacked 12 regions of Ukraine. In Kirovohradsk, Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Mykolaiv, air defense was working at night
In the Khmelnytskyi region, a Russian missile was shot down tonight during an air defense alert. No hits were recorded. There are no casualties, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
Kyiv region was attacked by attack drones at night. Air defense was working. No hits were recorded. There were no injuries or damage to buildings. Falling debris was recorded between populated areas without consequences. In the capital, falling fragments of downed drones caused damage to residential buildings in several districts of the city. There are victims. The data is being verified.
In the Kirovohrad region, air defense destroyed four drones. Previously, there were no casualties and no hits to the civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.
There were three shellings (19 explosions) in Chernihivska during the day. Snovska community of Koryukiv district – seven explosions from mortar shelling. Semenivska community of Novgorod-Siversky district – four explosions from mortar shelling. Novgorod-Siversk community - eight explosions from barrel artillery. Without victims and destruction.
Yesterday in Luhansk, the occupiers tried to advance in the Swativ district, attacking in the Novoseliv district, but were forced to retreat with losses in personnel. They hit Nevsky, Bilogorivka and the territory of Serebryansk Forestry. During the day, the enemy fired 103 shots (487 shells).
Yesterday, in Kharkivska, the enemy shelled Odnorobivka of the Bogoduhiv district twice with artillery. A garage, outbuildings, six private houses, a car were damaged, and there were fires. The Russians also shelled Vidrojenivske from Grad missile systems and mortars. Information about victims and damage is being clarified. As a result of shelling, a 67-year-old man was wounded for two years.
Yesterday, a 55-year-old tractor driver was blown up by an unknown explosive device on his way out of Balaklia, Izyum district, while working on a tractor. Hospitalized with an injury.
In Sumy, the enemy shelled the border at night and in the morning. 33 explosions were recorded - from mortars, grenade launchers and artillery. The occupiers shelled four territorial communities - Bilopolska, Velikopysarivska, Krasnopilska, and Seridino-Budska.
Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 28 artillery attacks of the border. A total of 165 explosions were recorded. Bilopolska, Krasnopilska, Velikopysarivska, Yunakivska, Khotynska, Seredino-Budska, Novoslobidska, Znob-Novgorodska, Esmanska communities came under fire. No consequences.
In Zaporizhzhia, the occupiers struck 80 targets in 14 settlements over the past day. A total of 72 artillery attacks of Orikhov, Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Olhivsky, Charivny, Malynyvka, Stepnohirsk and other front-line villages were recorded, as well as five drone strikes and two MLRS strikes on Novodarivka and Levadny.
A total of 44 reports were received about damage to residential buildings, farm buildings and other infrastructure facilities. As a result of the fall of an explosive object in the regional center, the number of victims increased to 21, among them eight - children. Of them, six adults and seven children are in medical facilities.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, the enemy shelled the Marganets community in the Nikopol district. There were no casualties. Late in the evening in the sky over the region, our defenders shot down the aggressor's drone.
In Donetsk last day, the occupiers shelled 13 settlements, including Toretsk, Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka, Avdiivka, Prechistivka, Zvanivka, Velika Novosilka, Novoukrainka, Berdychi, Ocheretine and others. As a result of shelling, 14 residential buildings were damaged (one of them was an apartment building), an outbuilding, a garage, a civilian car, and a railway station building. In a day in Donetsk region: eight wounded.
In Mykolayivska tonight, air defense forces and means shot down a Kalibr missile and four kamikaze drones of the Shahed 136/131 type. Also tonight, in one of the settlements of the region, rocket fragments damaged the building of an educational institution and about ten private houses. There are no casualties.
Yesterday, the forces and means of air defense of the Southern Air Command destroyed four enemy UAVs: the Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAV, the Lancet attack UAV and two unspecified UAVs. Also yesterday, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the water area of the Ochakiv community. There are no casualties.
In Khersonska, the enemy fired 76 rounds (487 shells) during the day, including seven rounds (33 shells) at Kherson. The occupiers targeted the districts of 26 settlements in the region. An elderly couple was injured in the shelling of a house in Kherson. A fire broke out in the house due to enemy shelling, after which the body of a dead citizen was found in the house. He turned out to be an 81-year-old man. The 82-year-old wife of the deceased was also wounded by the shelling. In a day, two people were killed and three more were injured due to Russian aggression.
We will remind, from the beginning of the large-scale invasion until July 13, the Armed Forces destroyed about 236,040 Russian invaders, during the past day, the defenders eliminated about 510 people.
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[Korrespondent] 23:12 In Russia, after the rebellion of PMC Wagner, internal strife continues in the army. The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reports that the FSB began arrests a few hours after Yevgeny Prigozhin started a riot. The arrests are being made to "clean up the ranks," one of the sources said. According to the publication, about 15 Russian officers have already been removed from service or fired. More details - in the material Army purges in the Russian Federation .
22:37 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held a meeting with the heads of the SBU, military and foreign intelligence: "We are very carefully analyzing the situation - everything related to the war, and everything that is important for internal security."
22:18 The Pentagon confirmed the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine. "They are already there," the US Department of Defense said, adding that it was not only about American shells, but also about ammunition from other countries.
22:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, they were successful and are now consolidated on the achieved lines in the directions of Novodanilovka, Balka Shirokaya; Malaya Tokmachka, Novopokrovka, said Anna Malyar. "The enemy is now moving units and using all available reserves. Due to the fact that our fighters destroy enemy equipment depots every day, the number of enemy shelling has decreased somewhat," she added.
In the East, the enemy continued to attack today in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. The defense forces successfully hold back the enemy, there are heavy battles. On the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction there is an advance with battles and powerful enemy resistance, on the northern flank the enemy attacked, trying to regain lost positions, but to no avail.
21:19 Zelensky said that he held a meeting following the NATO summit: "We are now translating each agreement for Ukraine with partners in Vilnius into our concrete steps so that all agreements become concrete results. A good summit should also bring good results. We are preparing content for the work of the Council Ukraine-NATO. We are preparing agreements with partners on security guarantees for Ukraine on the way to NATO. We are preparing the ground for the next NATO summit in Washington."
20:08 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa: "Thanked for the visit to Bucha and Kiev, along with other African leaders, and for the subsequent efforts to return children illegally deported by Russia. We highly appreciated the results of the meeting of advisers in Copenhagen "Discussed preparations for the Global Peace Summit and the necessary diplomatic steps to consolidate support for Ukraine by African countries. Invited South Africa to join the Grain from Ukraine initiative."
19:32 Putin said that Moscow is not against discussing security guarantees for Ukraine, but subject to "observance of Russia's security guarantees." At the same time, he stressed that Ukraine in NATO allegedly "will create a security threat for the Russian Federation and will not increase the security of Ukraine itself." And the supply of new weapons to Kyiv, according to the head of the Kremlin, will only aggravate the situation for Ukraine, "will inflame the conflict." Ukraine has the right to ensure security, but it should not worsen the security of other countries, Putin said.
As for the grain deal, Putin said Russia would consider extending it. At the same time, he noted that "nothing has been done for the Russian Federation within the framework of the grain deal - a one-sided game." According to him, Moscow can suspend participation in the grain deal and extend it only when "the promises given to it" are fulfilled. He also said that he had not seen the UN Secretary General's letter on the grain deal.
19:00 Biden does not believe that the war in Ukraine can last for years: “I don’t think that the war can go on for years, for two reasons. Number one: I don’t think that Russia can support the war forever, primarily given the resources and potential Number two: I think there will be circumstances where eventually President Putin will decide that it is not in Russia's interests - economically, politically and otherwise - to continue this war."
At the same time, the US president admitted that he did not know how the war would end: "My hope and my hopes: you will see that Ukraine will make significant progress in the offensive." He added that over time this should open up the possibility of a negotiated settlement.
18:57 In the Genichesk district of the Kherson region, the Russians began the forced eviction to the Russian Federation of Ukrainian citizens who have not yet received or refused to obtain Russian citizenship, including families with children and the elderly. The occupiers are inhabiting their houses mainly by representatives of national minorities from the low-income strata of the population of Russia, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
18:46 The Wall Street Journal writes, citing sources, that Russian General Sergei Surovikin is in custody. According to the publication, in addition to him, 13 more senior officers were detained for interrogation, and 15 were fired or suspended from service. They were detained a few hours after the start of Prigozhin's rebellion. WSJ sources report that Surovikin knew about the plans of the head of the PMC Wagner, but did not participate in them. No charges have been brought against him yet.
18:31 The city council imposed a moratorium on the public use of the Russian-language cultural product in the capital. It includes books, art albums, audiovisual works, musical sound recordings, handicrafts, theatrical and circus performances, concerts and cultural and educational services.
18:25 The SBU has established new facts of illegal activities of the rector of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Pavel (Pyotr Lebed).
The monastery, established in 1051 AD, is the center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe. True or not — the metropolitan denies it — he is accused of favouring Russia in the current excitement.
In particular, the day before the first suspicion was announced to him, the metropolitan gave a video interview to one of the domestic media, in which he denied the existence of Ukraine as a sovereign state. He also called the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine a "civil conflict" that has been going on since 2014.
Oh dear. Perhaps there are extenuating circumstances or a misleading translation...
He faces up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.
17:59 Biden again said that Ukraine would join NATO, but only after the end of the war, otherwise it would lead to the Third World War.
17:50 The enemy fired mortars from the territory of the Russian Federation at the Velykopisarevskaya community of the Akhtyrsky district - a resident of the village was killed. Popovka, said the Office of the Prosecutor General.
17:34 NATO countries have developed a defense plan in the event of a Russian attack on their eastern flank. Stoltenberg said it was "the most extensive defense plan since the end of the Cold War." According to Bild, the document simplifies the decision-making procedure for the NATO Supreme Commander in Europe, and the investments of the Alliance members in defense should be at least 2% of GDP. The plan also provides that German soldiers will help defend Lithuania, Canadian - Latvia, British - Estonia, American - Poland.
In addition, the increased combat readiness forces in Europe will increase to 300,000 soldiers and officers, more heavy equipment, air defense, long-range artillery and missiles will be put into service.
17:13 The European Parliament approved a plan to increase the production of ammunition. Its goal is to expedite the delivery of artillery ammunition and missiles to Ukraine and help EU member states replenish their arsenals. This decision will mobilize 500 million euros from the EU budget. Now the plan must be approved by the EU Council.
16:42 Russia is preparing to export agricultural products from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine outside the territory of the Russian Federation, Anna Malyar said. To do this, according to her, the Russian Federation brings agricultural products and activities of agricultural producers in line with the standards of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance.
16:09 As a result of the Russian strike on Orekhov, one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Yuriy Malashko. Also, one person was wounded as a result of shelling from the Upper Tersa MLRS. In addition, from the Iskander-K OTRK, the enemy hit the territory of the enterprise in Malokaterinovka. The blast wave and debris partially destroyed the warehouse, injuring two people.
15:54 Germany handed over to Ukraine a new batch of military aid, which included, in particular, equipment for the IRIS-T SLM air defense system, ammunition, six Gepard installations and other equipment.
15:48 The agreement signed in Vilnius between Sweden and Ukraine in the field of security will simplify and speed up the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Defense Minister Paul Jonsson said. In particular, according to him, the agreement allows Sweden and Ukraine to exchange confidential information, which concerns, for example, JAS Gripen test flights or military equipment. In addition, the Swedish Defense Materials Administration is entering into an agreement with Ukraine that will allow defense materials to be purchased directly from industry with shorter delivery times.
15:36 The enemy fired mortars at the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, one person died, the President's Office reported.
15:10 On the morning of July 13, the Russians dropped a high-explosive bomb on Zmeiny Island, spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Gumenyuk said: “Yesterday they powerfully reconnoitered the situation.
Gumenyuk suggested that the Russians were shelling Zmeiny because of the grain agreement, the work of which they themselves are constantly blocking: “These are most likely signs of attention related to the grain agreement. On July 17, everything that was concluded under it should either be automatically extended, or the whims of the Russians will begin again."
14:44 Ukraine has already received cluster munitions from the United States , but has not yet used them, Alexander Tarnavsky, commander of the Tavria operational-strategic grouping, said in a comment to CNN. In his opinion, these shells can radically change the situation on the battlefield.
14:17 The German Armed Forces have placed a large order for ammunition for Leopard 2 main battle tanks from the Rheinmetall concern. The company said that the existing framework contract has been expanded to a volume of about 4 billion euros. He assumes that by the end of 2030, the Bundeswehr will receive several hundred thousand combat and training cartridges of various designs. The framework agreement also provides for the supply of "a significant amount of tank ammunition" to Ukraine, but the specific volumes are not named.
13:23 The Russians launched an artillery strike on the village of Nikolskoye, Kherson region, one person died, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
12:56 The Netherlands will join the G7 initiative on security guarantees for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said. The Declaration was also supported by Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Finland.
12:49 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, is sure that after the end of the war, Ukraine will become a member of NATO.
12:15 PMC Wagner mercenaries are leaving their camps in Russia and the Luhansk region, Russian publics report. Some of their cars have Belarusian numbers, from which the telegram channels conclude that the Wagnerites are heading to Belarus. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus stated that Wagner militants would train the Belarusian military.
11:26 The Russian Federation has accumulated a powerful grouping in the Limansky and Kupyansky directions of representatives of the airborne and infantry units, the combat army reserve and territorial troops, the private military campaign Veterans and assault companies Storm Z, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty.
10:43 British intelligence believes that the use of old equipment by the Russian military as a ram with explosives could be initiated by units from Chechnya. In July, there were reports that the Russian military was packing several tons of explosives into old armored vehicles and sending them to Ukrainian positions. The crew left the car, setting her course.
Most of these cases were recorded in the sector near Maryinka and coincided in time with the appearance of Chechen units there. Analysts noticed that the vast majority of "rams" packed with explosives do not reach the target, because they explode on mines or are destroyed by fire. At the same time, they produce extremely powerful explosions that can have a psychological effect on the Ukrainian defenders, the intelligence added.
10:36 The European Union is studying the possibility of sending military instructors to Ukraine "when circumstances permit," writes El País, citing an internal document of the European diplomatic service. We are talking about the fact that in the future, after the end of the war, gradually relocate to Ukraine the European mission for training soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is now based in Poland and Germany.
10:24 In Berdyansk, after a direct hit on the Dune hotel, the occupiers took out the bodies of Russian servicemen by trucks to the local morgue during the night, said Andrei Kovalev, spokesman for the General Staff. He also said that the Russians have tightened counterintelligence measures in Mariupol: they carry out massive raids on the houses and apartments of local residents, check personal documents and mobile phones.
09:56 Podolyak believes that there are only three options for ending the war: Ukraine wins, loses or Minsk-3. If he wins, according to him, Ukraine will dominate the region, have clear partnerships, and modernize the army. In parallel with this, a demilitarization zone with the Russian Federation will be created.
The second option could be the loss of Ukraine - and "then Ukraine will just gradually die" over the course of several years, the adviser to the head of the OP believes. "There is a third option - in the middle: we did not lose, but there is a demarcation line - Minsk-3. This means that you will simply die very slowly. They will connect you with a device that will support your life," Podolyak added. In his opinion, this will mean that statehood in Ukraine will no longer exist: "Therefore, everything else is an attempt to find some alternative elements that will allow something to be extended. We have very simple options - win or lose" .
09:00 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed, three more were injured. In the Donetsk region, eight people were injured, in the Kharkiv region - one, according to the IVA.
08:57 In Zaporozhye, the number of victims of the fall of an explosive object on July 12 increased to 21, including eight children. There are six adults and seven children in medical institutions, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko.
08:51 The defense forces continue the offensive operation in the Bakhmut, Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, they were successful in the Novodanilovka-Shirokaya Balka, Malaya Tokmachka-Novopokrovka directions, General Staff Speaker Andrei Kovalev said.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian troops continue to conduct offensive operations north and south of the city of Bakhmut. On the southern flank of the offensive, they were partially successful, and they are consolidated on the achieved lines. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the offensive of Russian troops in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - all enemy attacks were repelled within a day.
08:36 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 13:
personnel - about 236,040 (+510) people liquidated,
tanks - 4092 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 7999 (+9),
artillery systems - 4425 (+23),
MLRS - 678 (+4),
air defense systems - 421 (+6),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 310 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3752 (+26),
cruise missiles - 1271 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6995 (+17),
special equipment - 652 (+5).
08:15 The air defense forces at night shot down all 20 attack drones with which the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine, as well as two Caliber cruise missiles, the command of the Air Force reported. The Russians launched the Shahed-136/131 UAV from the northeast (Kursk) and southeast (Primorsko-Akhtarsk). Most of them were shot down in Kyiv and the region. The enemy also used two Caliber cruise missiles from the Black Sea and one ballistic missile - Iskander-M (Dzhankoy, Crimea). Information about the consequences of the launch of the latter is being specified.
07:57 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. More than 35 clashes took place during the day, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
07:12 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, announced a strike on the barracks of the Kadyrovites, located on the territory of the MMK. Ilyich. According to preliminary information from sources, the wounded were taken secretly towards Donetsk, which may indicate their serious condition. The "DNR" stated that air defense allegedly worked in Mariupol.
03:39 Russia attacks Kiev with Shahed drones for the third night in a row. Air defense forces detected and destroyed about ten enemy targets in the airspace of the capital, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA. In Darnitsky, Solomensky, Shevchenkovsky, Obolonsky and Podolsky districts, cases of falling debris were recorded, residential buildings were damaged. Two people were injured in the Darnitsky district, in Shevchenkovsky one person was rescued during the aftermath.
00:40 Zelensky said in an evening video message that over the two days of the summit in Vilnius, "we removed any doubts and ambiguities about whether Ukraine will join NATO": "It will! For the first time, not only all members of the Alliance agree with this, but also a tangible majority in the Alliance is energetically bringing this closer. Never before have the words "you are equal among equals" for Ukraine from other NATO members sounded really meaningful. Now everyone understands that this is a fact - equal among equals. And we will definitely confirm this fact with our victory and entry into NATO ".
The president also stressed that he was returning home "with a good result for our state, it is very important for our soldiers. Good reinforcement with weapons. This includes air defense, and missiles, and armored vehicles, and artillery." He added that for the first time since independence, "we have formed a security foundation for Ukraine on its way to NATO - these are concrete security guarantees that confirm the top 7 democracies of the world."
00:31 Lavrov called the US plans to transfer the F-16 to Kiev "an example of an extremely dangerous development of events," which creates the risk of a direct armed clash with Russia. He also said that Moscow would consider the appearance of F-16 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons in Kyiv as "a threat from the West in the nuclear sphere."
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[RIA] Yesterday's speech by Biden at the University of Vilnius was previously called historic, but the twenty-minute speech after the NATO summit became a set of tired slogans about the struggle for freedom, assurances of the strength and unity of the alliance, and that "our commitment to Ukraine will not change."
The American president unexpectedly ended his speech with an inappropriate exclamation of "God protect our troops!", but the phrase he said a few hours before his speech at the university was the most accurate. At the beginning of the meeting with Zelensky, the American president decided to joke to cheer up his Ukrainian counterpart: "The bad news for you is that we are not going anywhere. You are stuck with us. We are not going anywhere."
Zelensky laughed, but in fact there is nothing encouraging in these words. You are stuck with us, but we will not go anywhere, that is, the Ukrainians will continue to die for American interests. The main one of which is not "defending the freedom of the Ukrainian people", but the fight against Russia- only those who are blind and, moreover, do not remember the experience of the American "struggle for freedom" of different peoples of the Earth, starting with the Filipino at the end of the 19th century and ending with the Afghan in the 21st century, can not understand this.
Playing on the national feelings of foreign peoples is a favorite pastime of the Yankees, who have always presented themselves as "knights of light", protecting the weak and unfortunate from tyrants and conquerors. That American global hegemony resulted from this struggle is, of course, a coincidence. As well as the fact that the ungrateful peoples benefited by the Americans for some reason cannot forget them millions of their own killed citizens and devastated countries.
In Vilnius, Ukraine was predictably not invited to join NATO, because the Atlanticists are not going to fight directly with Russia, they are more than satisfied with the battle at the hands of the Ukrainian people - a people who in Russia are perceived by everyone as part of a large Russian civilization. At the same time, Biden praised NATO, saying that it had never been so strong and united - and even expanding.
Naturally, in response to the challenge that Russia threw - and, according to Biden, it was accepted not only by the States and NATO, but also "our partners in the Indo-Pacific region, around the world." That is, again, a global alliance of democracies? Yes, although this time Biden did not use this term, but this is exactly what he is talking about. And as everyone remembers, the opponents of democracies are autocracies, that is, Russia, China , Iran and others who disagree with the dominance of the Atlantic powers.
They are worthless, do not allow all of humanity to enjoy the fruits of American leadership - and how can you not answer them?
And the main answer, according to Biden, is unity - NATO, the West, the entire democratic world. He has been talking about this so often for the past year and a half that this alone can already raise doubts. Moreover, to substantiate his thesis, he constantly resorts to the same trick - the assertion that Vladimir Putin miscalculated when he counted on a NATO split.
It is completely incomprehensible where the owner of the White House got this conviction that the Russian president was counting on a NATO split - there are no grounds for such assertions. One can say that Moscow was counting on a different, more successful course of the NMD, as a result of which the West would not have had time to provide Ukraine with large-scale military assistance, but to talk about betting on the collapse of the alliance? Does Biden himself believe this?
Of course not, but he needs this technique to emphasize both the unity of NATO and his determination to support Ukraine for as long as necessary. However, in reality, the alliance has no confidence that it will be able, especially at the current level, to support Kiev .infinitely long.
Or rather, there is exactly the opposite certainty: neither the supply of weapons nor the political support of Western societies for Ukraine is endless. Moreover, they are already beginning to weaken, and given that elections will be held in a number of key Western countries (primarily in the US and Great Britain ) next year, the Ukrainian topic will become acutely domestic political and playing against the authorities. Everyone understands this, as well as the fact that, by its stubborn desire to include Ukraine in NATO after the end of the conflict, the West itself leaves Moscow no choice but to go all the way, that is, until the change of the Kiev regime and the elimination of the current form of Ukrainian statehood.
So it’s not Putin, but Biden, who is counting on the enemy to break — and this calculation is the only hope for the United States to defeat Russia in the Ukrainian conflict. But our country is not going to retreat, or surrender, or break from within - because, unlike the Americans, for us the question is not only about our national security, but also about our future, the fate of Russian civilization.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 Video- Artillery destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Donetsk. 21:52 Video- And one more flight into another BMP of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by an FPV drone from the marines of the 155th brigade in the Ugledar direction.
21:33 Video– An FPV drone flies into a Ukrainian BMP, destroying it along with manpower.
20:50 Video- Near Kremennaya Krasnopol, with an accurate hit, he sent the M-55S modification of the T-55 from Slovenia to the hangar. This is the first case of the destruction of these tanks on video.
20:21 Video– Destruction of Ukrainian positions and BC in the Kupyansk direction.
19:51 Video- Gentlemen Xovody spotted a pair of VSU T-64BVs. The consequences were not long in coming.
19:32 Video- The 4th Brigade of 2 Army Corps nightmares the Vushniks on the flank of Bakhmut.
18:48 Another sortie of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction north of the settlement. Rabotino endedfailure.
Two Leopard 2A6 and one M2 "Bradley" were destroyed along with the personnel by the tankers of the 58th army.
Our fighters eliminated Ukrainian Nazi sniper Viktor Serdyuk, a native of the Lviv region, in the NVO zone.
17:59 Video- Our comrades from the Lancet sports club sent another M777 APU for remelting.
17:38 Video- VSUshnik catches a grenade facing or towards a known issue.
Assault detachments of the 80th Guards Tank Regiment in the Kremennaya area storm the Ukrainian opornika. Further, in the trenches, three more VSUshniks caught grenades.
17:06 Video– Space program of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction.
16:30 In Zaporozhye explosion and air raid alert.
15:57 Video- FPV drones of the 33rd Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces are hammering the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinsky direction.
15:33 Video- Russian bombers worked out FABs with UMPC at the point of basing the personnel and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement. Malinovka Zaporozhye region.
14:50 Video- Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroys another ST-68 radar.
14:20 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 13, 2023)
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with sea-based long-range precision weapons at the places of storage of ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit.
During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued unsuccessful attempts to attack in the Donetsk, Krasno-Limansky and South Donetsk directions.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the courageous actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, 16 enemy attacks were successfully repelled in the areas of the settlements of Vesele, Krasnogorovka, Severnoe, Novomikhailovka and Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
During the hostilities, the enemy lost up to 480 Ukrainian servicemen, six pickup trucks, three Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers. In addition, an AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Predtechino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the "Center" grouping of troops, air strikes and artillery defeated the manpower and equipment of the 63rd, 66th and 67th Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Karmazinovka and Kuzmino Luganskaya People's Republic.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova and Kreminnaya of the Lugansk People's Republic, three enemy attacks were repelled. During the day, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, a 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok group of forces thwarted attempts by the enemy to carry out two attacks in the areas of the settlements of Rovnopol and Novodonetskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, the coordinated actions of Russian troops defeated the accumulation of manpower and equipment of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Pyatikhatki, Zaporozhye region, and also repelled an attack by units of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
Enemy losses in these directions amounted to more than 180 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, five armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, AS90 Braveheart self-propelled artillery mount made in Great Britain, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, three 152mm D-20 guns, 122mm self-propelled artillery installation "Gvozdika", as well as one combat vehicle 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad".
- In the Kupyansk direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the "Western" group of forces hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoye Pervoe, Liman Pervy of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, two cars, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three cars, as well as two self-propelled artillery mounts: 152mm "Acacia" and 122mm "Carnation" were destroyed during the day.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated the 73rd Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 96 districts.
In the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka and Yampol of the Donetsk People's Republic, ammunition depots of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade were destroyed.
During the day, air defense systems intercepted eleven rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
In addition, fourteen Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Lyubimovka, Urozhaynoye in the Zaporozhye region, Petrivske, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Zaytsevo of the Donetsk People's Republic, Verkhnekamenka, Chevonopopovka and Kremennaya of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 455 aircraft, 242 helicopters, 4,995 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,687 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,138 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,440 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,646 units of special military vehicles.
13:51 There is a “monk” standing… (explosion).
Video from the phone of a Ukrainian soldier who, together with his brothers-in-arms, occupied one of the trenches near Pyatikhatki, carefully mined in advance by our sappers.
As a gift to the opponents, the MON-50 mine with remote detonation was left, which was the last thing that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine saw in their lives.
After the detonation of the trap, our artillery began to pile on the enemy who occupied the trenches, which completed the fate of the survivors.
13:20 Video- Broken Ukrainian equipment in the South-Donetsk direction. Several MaxxPro and M113.
12:52 Hard personnel: our troops are advancing towards Kupyansk, destroying the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Stormtroopers of the 1st Tank Army of the Western Group of Forces have taken the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novoselovsky area and are developing success in the Kharkov region.
The militants of the 32nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, trained in NATO countries, are massively surrendering to the guys from the 27th Brigade of the Russian army.
Russian troops continue to advance!
12:20 Video– @BOBRMORF shows how Russian drones overtake the tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:40 Video– A PV drone flew into a Bradley BMP while on the move on the Zaporozhye front.
Our drones Beavers of the 42nd Motor Rifle Division of the 58th Army daily inflict terrible damage on the enemy in the course of repelling the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For a month, the enemy lost many dozens of pieces of equipment and many militants from their strikes.
11:15 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for it, six VFU militants were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity;
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed: Dacha and Antonovka, as a result of fire damage, three high-speed boats and more than 60 VFU militants were destroyed;
- two M-777 howitzers, crews and ammunition for them, losses: 10 VFU militants were destroyed, 3 were injured of varying severity in the area;
10:38 Two militants from Azov eliminated at the front
In the special operation zone, Russian servicemen killed two militants from the 3rd Azov Special Operations Brigade - David Gasimov with the call sign "Fugas" and Igor Andrukhov, who pompously called himself "Whiskey". The first was once seen in Bucha, and then stormed the trenches, showing off his "exploits". ATO soldier with experience Andrukhov participated in the lost battle for the Donetsk airport.
10:00 Video- The mortars of the first small brigade met an infantry platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gorlovka.
09:44 Video- The defensive position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest belt was broken by the calculation of the Fagot anti-tank systems.
09:20 In the morning, mercenaries who tried to occupy the line were destroyed in the Pyatikhatki area.
In the morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to approach Pyatikhatki, but they did not remain unnoticed and were liquidated by ATGM operators, the evacuation pickup truck drove north.
To the north, the mercenaries unloaded in a forest plantation to occupy the line and set up a mortar, but they also did not become invisible, the result was the liquidation of the group by artillery, but 2 people managed to run out and leave through the forest belt.
09:04 Near Artyomovsk eliminated Nikolai Kotko, 24-year-old attack aircraft of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (former Azov, a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation).
08:45 Kupyanskoye direction: information is confirmed that the enemy command is evacuating the bodies of the CAA and destroying paper documentation.
08:17 A restless night in Ukraine: the Russian Armed Forces launched a combined attack on enemy military facilities.
A massive combined strike was delivered using cruise missiles and the same Geraniums. It is reported that Zaporozhye was hit by Iskanders, and Kherson was being worked closely with MLRS.
That night, the capital of the "square" was not ignored - numerous explosions thundered in Kyiv, on the left bank and in the Kyiv region near Boryspil. Krivorukovye PPO-shniks in Kyiv, according to tradition, landed in residential buildings with fragments of rockets. This time people in Shevchenkovsky and Darnitsky districts were unlucky. At the same time, they did not hit Russian drones.
The most powerful explosions also sounded in Zaporozhye, Poltava, Khmelnitsky, Nikolaev, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Vinnitsa regions.
Aerospace Forces launched missile strikes on about. Serpentine.
08:04 Another selection of liquidated militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front
- Dmytro Sergeevich Mokhovykov.
Liquidated 08.07.23
- Petro Stepanenko.
Eliminated 07/08/23 in Bakhmut.
- Tsonev Anatoly. Liquidated on 07/09/23 in the Sumy region.
Kolodyazhny Vladimir.
Liquidated 05.07.23
Soroka Maxim Nikolaevich.
Eliminated in the Zaporozhye direction.
- Gerasikov Evgeny. He died in the hospital on 07/09/23 from a wound near Kremennaya, LPR.
– Podlesny Vladimir Sergeevich
Liquidated 04.07.23
- Sergey Martynchuk.
Self-destructed in an accident on 07/07/23
- Mykola Bogdanovych Kolody
Liquidated on 07/03/23 in Novodanilovka, Zaporozhye region.
- Mykola Ivanovich Borodailyuk.
Liquidated 04.07.23, Nevskoe, LPR.
07:55 The modified 152mm self-propelled guns "Msta-S" can with equal ease hit both moving equipment and small concentrations of enemy manpower. All this thanks to the on-board computer, which is installed on a version of the gun called 2S19M2. This was told by the commander with the call sign "Ara".
According to him, the crew only needs to get the coordinates, go to the position, and then hit the target.
07:30 Our fighterseliminatedin the DPR of the sniper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Serdyuk. A native of the Lviv region.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 In the background promoted Ukrainian "counter-offensive", units of the Russian Army switched to offensive operations.
In addition to the liberation of Novoselovsky, the Russian Armed Forces advanced south of the settlement, up to one and a half kilometers deep;
The attack on Yampolovka and Torskoye continues, according to some reports, our units have already entered the settlement itself;
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, our troops advanced through landings up to two kilometers deep;
Also, our early abandoned positions north of Vodyany, DPR, were returned to control;
In the Zaporozhye region, the enemy retreated along the entire southern bank of the Yanchur River. In some places, the width of the gray zone is up to five kilometers.
21:53 Video- A report on the battles of the Vostok-Akhmat battalion as part of the already legendary 291st Motorized Rifle Regiment on the Orekhovsky sector of the front in the Zaporozhye region.
21:40 They report (so far without visual confirmation) about the release of Novoselovsky west of Svatovo.
If this is true, in the coming days we will find out whether the Russian army will continue the offensive in the area from Andreevka in the south to Ivanovka in the north.
If before the end of the month our offensive actions expand across the front, this will mean that the decision to go to Oskol south of Kupyansk has been made.
So far, we see success at the tactical level.
21:20 Battle for the Menagerie and the fights in Maryinka
After the Russian fighters cleared a large fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the code name "menagerie", the Ukrainian formations launched a counterattack and forced the RF Armed Forces out of their positions.
Over the past week, Russian troops have tried several times to storm the "menagerie", but to no avail. The Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped a system of trenches in the area, providing supplies through underground passages.
The advance of Russian troops in this sector is futile without moving on a wider front south of Maryinka. For a more effective assault, coordinated actions are necessary both in the direction of Pobeda and Novomikhailovka.
This will level the front line from the south and cut off the supply of the APU grouping from Novomikhailovka. Until this happens, the "menagerie" will pass from hand to hand.
And in Maryinka there are no significant changes. The Akhmat units were withdrawn from the city after a brief engagement there. At the same time, a Ukrainian combat aircraft was shot down today by the forces of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces.
20:47 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group:
The units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repelled eight attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledar-Artemovsky and Alexander-Kalinovsky directions.
Air strikes against the enemy were supported by the crews of helicopters of army aviation in the area of the settlement of Bogdanovka.
Also, platoon strongholds and accumulations of manpower struck the crews of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems in the areas of the settlements of Yagodnoye and Avdeevka.
The artillery of the grouping destroyed two vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Ivanovskoye. During the counter-battery fight, two enemy mortars were destroyed in the area of the settlement of Privolye and the crew of an AGS-17 grenade launcher near Belogorovka.
In addition, artillerymen of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District attacked the warehouse of attack unmanned aerial vehicles of the 10th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka, destroying the crew of the UAV complex operators along with it.
20:25 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group:
Units of the 63rd, 66th Mechanized Brigades and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of equipment, attempted to attack the positions of Russian troops in the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions. As a result of the coordinated actions of the units of the "Center" grouping of troops, the enemy suffered significant losses in manpower, two tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, an armored fighting vehicle, and a Pickup vehicle were destroyed.
Anti-aircraft missile system "OSA-AKM" shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle. As part of the counter-battery fight, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and two crews of 120mm mortars of Ukrainian troops were destroyed.
The aircraft of the "Center" grouping of troops carried out more than 15 missile and bomb strikes on the command and observation post, two points of temporary deployment, an ammunition depot, as well as on 11 areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:40 Vremyevsky section setting as of 19.00 July 13, 2023:
Today, assault groups of the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, with the support of artillery from the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, tried to break through the defenses of the Russian Armed Forces north of Priyutnoye, moving along the forest belts. At the same time, a group of the 31st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered a chilling blow south of Balka Grusheva.
At the same time, the consolidated assault groups of the 35th Infantry Regiment and the 128th Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, under the cover of a 60mm M224 mortar battery, wanted to gain a foothold at the landing west of Staromayorsky and reach the outskirts of the village.
The enemy advances were repelled by coordinated actions of Russian infantry, artillery and aviation. Ukrainian formations suffered losses and retreated. The wounded were evacuated from the area north of Grusheva.
The situation in the Vremievsky area remains tense. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the cost of heavy losses in manpower, were able to break through the Grushevaya Balka and are now trying to attack the Priyutnoye-Staromayorskoye line.
19:25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine periodically try to arrange sabotage near the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
Such details shared by Izvestia journalist visiting the Kakhovskaya HPP. According to him, the situation near the station continues to be tense. However, Russian troops keep the situation under control.
“Surveillance is ongoing around the clock. In any attempt, a fire defeat is immediately inflicted. Our artillery and mortar are working, ”one of the Russian fighters shared the details with a journalist.
19:10 Officer of the naval infantry brigade of the Black Sea Fleet with the call sign "Boatswain" toldabout the battles in the Orekhovsky direction.
“Against us, for the first time, the enemy used on a massive scale equipment produced by NATO countries: BMP M130, BMP Bradley, tanks of German and Polish production. This technique creates some excitement among our servicemen, the desire to destroy them immediately. Especially everyone wants to be the first to knock out a German tank, proving that they are worthy of the glory of their grandfathers - the naval infantry of the Great Patriotic War," says Boatswain.
“The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine behave quite professionally on the field, they have an offensive impulse, but we absolutely burn their equipment professionally and for us there is not much difference between the Ukrainian T-64 tanks and the German Leopard tanks. Recently, three “Leopards” drove out on us, only one went back under its own power, the rest did not work out a little," said the officer of the naval infantry.
19:00 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for July 13, as of 19:00, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic. The enemy fired from the M-142 Himars MLRS using M-31 missiles, which shot down the air defense forces.
As a result of the fall of rocket fragments, damage was recorded to two multi-apartment residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk along the streets of Somov, 34 and Kuibyshev, 191 -photo.
18:43 Ramzan Kadyrov showed personnel the work of artillery and drones of the Akhmat special forces unit in Marinka before the withdrawal of fighters from the city.
As the head of Chechnya noted, the suppression of the enemy in this direction is now in full swing by the forces of other Russian units.
“The city has literally been turned into an underground fortified area with many underground passages. This makes it possible for Ukrainian bandits to move unnoticed,” Kadyrov added.
According to him, the liberation of Maryinka is a matter of time.
18:06 Video from the Archangel of Special Forces: Zaporozhye direction, north of the settlement. Pyatikhatki, the work of our division.
“They walk together in a row across an open area. Five mercenaries and seven fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine slowly dive into the landing and catch rounds from our artillery. A pickup truck moves up behind them to heroically evacuate the meat, but quickly changes its mind - they also started working on it.
17:47 An explosion sounded in Melitopol. The air defense system worked.
17:30 Archangel Spetsnazreports from the Krasnolimansky direction (17:00 Moscow time):
The enemy pulled up heavy artillery, works with M-777 artillery, and also resumed the operation of the Furia and Leleka UAVs. He tries to work with tanks from the PDO and mines the approaches in the area of the Torsk salient.
Airborne units are successfully advancing, storming enemy positions, and the work of the BMPT "Terminator" on enemy clusters has also been noticed.
17:22 What is happening in the Kherson direction?Circumstanceas of 17.00 July 13, 2023:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine still maintain a bridgehead near the Antonovsky Bridge. Today, the command of the 124th arr. TRO sent several boats with ammunition and people from Antonovka to the islands.
The boats came under heavy artillery and mortar fire from the RF Armed Forces. One boat with personnel was destroyed, and the rest returned back. This is the second attempt to cross the river in two days.
Along the entire front line, artillery and mortar units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine intensified artillery attack of Russian positions. Also, the use of FOG drones on dugouts of the RF Armed Forces continues.
At the same time, three Bayraktar drones are operating in the sky along the Kherson direction almost daily (and seven UAVs were simultaneously observed along the entire front line). This confirms the fact of the transfer of a new batch from Turkey.
To the north, near Zolotoy Balka and Osokorovka, the readiness of the forces of the 121st Brigade of the defense is being tested. At the same time, one of the assault units of the 175th battalion of the 121st TRO of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was sent to a new direction, probably Zaporozhye.
17:00 It is reported that the Russian Armed Forces are successfully advancing in the Antonovsky Bridge area. Russian fighters are supported by aviation and artillery. It should be taken into account that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in a more successful position, as they are based on the height of the right bank of the Dnieper. However, this does not prevent the Russian army from moving forward.
16:32 Activation near Hulyaipole setting as of 16.00 July 13, 2023:
Storm assault squads attacked Ukrainian strongholds near Hulyaipole today. Russian fighters occupied several landings north of Marfopol, advancing to the reservoir near Krasnoe.
Artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation actively support the assault groups with fire. Apparently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not expect the sorties of Russian troops in this area, which is not surprising.
There were no active clashes near Gulyaipole for a long time. The last most massive attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were last year, when Russian troops destroyed a tank column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:16 As a result of the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk damage done of the buildings of the Topaz factory.
Specialists of the DPR JCCC work at the artillery attack site in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to experts, the artillery attack was carried out from the Haimars MLRS.
16:00 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for July 13, as of 16:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the AFU of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Debaltseve:
- st. Kirova, 34 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Kyiv, 36 - a private residential building;
- damaged roadbed on the street. Kirov and st. Kievskaya.
15:50 Enemy resources report that the Russian Army continues the assault on the Svatovo-Kremensky direction. On the Artemovsky direction, the counterattacks of the Russian Army continue on the southern and northern flanks in the area of Kleshcheevka and Berkhovka.
14:54 Reporter Andrei Rudenko reports a powerful explosion near the Topaz plant in Donetsk
A little earlier, the head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, announced the work of air defense over the city.
14:30 Gathered the main points from the briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with high-precision weapons from the sea at the places of storage of ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, all objects were hit;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction amounted to 90 servicemen;
The RF Armed Forces repulsed three attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
Russian troops thwarted attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Rovnopol and Novodonetsk in the DPR;
Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have tried unsuccessfully to advance in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and YuzhnoDonetsk directions;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled 16 attacks in the Donetsk direction, including in the Maryinka area in the DPR;
The Russian Armed Forces in the DPR destroyed the ammunition depots of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 70 servicemen in the Kherson direction, two self-propelled artillery installations 152mm "Acacia" and 122mm "Carnation";
The troops of the Russian Federation hit the accumulation of manpower of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pyatikhatki area in the Zaporozhye region;
The Russian military near Kurdyumovka in the DPR stopped the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group;
Air defense systems of the Russian Federation intercepted 11 HIMARS rounds in a day, shot down 14 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 180 fighters, a British-made AS-90 tank and self-propelled gun in a day in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction amounted to 480 servicemen.
14:16 Orekhovsky area setting as of 14.00 July 13, 2023
On the Orekhovsky sector yesterday there were active battles in the north-east of the village of Rabotino. Control over the stronghold of the 7th company of the 71st MRR of the RF Armed Forces changed hands, but at the moment the presence of Ukrainian assault groups remains.
Wedging in the enemy creates a threat of moving further to the outskirts of Rabotino and Verbovoy from the side of the Chubenkov Balka. Today, the enemy's DRG has already carried out reconnaissance in force at the position of 291st SMEs, but Russian fighters repulsed the attack.
At the same time, in the vicinity of Malaya Tokmachka, the command of the assault unit of the 47th Brigade issued dry rations and D-5 smoke grenades in anticipation of the attack.
To the west, forward detachments from the 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the M113 BBM, under the cover of smoke screens, tried once again to gain a foothold in Pyatikhatki, but the enemy was hit, and he took cover in the landing.
The Kamensky sector, judging by the activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is one of the main ones for the strike. As part of 10 Army Corps, 12 assault detachments were formed, and the day before a tank column passed through Veselyanka to the south.
13:45 Russian troops beat out APU from the vicinity of Kremennaya (LPR). There are fierce battles going on.
The fighters of the 80th Tank Regiment, on the tip of the UAV, smash the Ukrainian defense lines and throw grenades into the trenches. Also, drones of the Akhmat battalion are working on enemy positions.
During the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region, which they tried to carry out on the eve of the summit in Vilnius, Kyiv lost hundreds more fighters killed and wounded.
13:15 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction as of 13:10 is reported byArchangel Spetsnaz:
– n.p. Work is quiet for now. A couple of pickups and MaxxPro came with "personal stuff". They worked on them with kamikaze drones, one pickup truck managed to leave, the wounded remained.
– n.p. Pyatikhatki, the enemy undertook reconnaissance in combat through a smoke screen, using the M113 - the artillery worked out, the enemy hid to the north in a forest belt, his search is underway for further destruction.
According to the fighters, “All their attempts are doomed to failure. All the moves are recorded in advance, the mercenaries leave the Armed Forces and leave."
12:31 Blue Z Beard reports that after two days the successes of the RF Armed Forces are recorded:
The 105th Regiment reports on the complete control of all the heights lying around Kleshcheevka. In some areas, they confirm the rejection of the enemy beyond the initial lines of the counteroffensive. For example, in the area of Dubovo-Vasilyevka.
In the direction of Kupyansk, the advance is more than 1.5 km. The occupation administration of the city again destroys the documentation and evacuates.
In the Ugledar direction, the advance was 600 m, which, in the situation of uncomfortable terrain folds, is a very good result. It is reported that the height that impedes our progress has been literally wiped off the face of the earth.
12:27 Voenkor Lisitsyn reports on a new advance of our troops in the area of Kuzemovka and Novoselovsky. The enemy suffers losses, including the loss of NATO armored vehicles of the 41st brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was hastily transferred from the Dnepropetrovsk region to the Kupyanskoye direction, where the front began to sag.
11:39 The RF Armed Forces launched new strikes on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Antonovsky Bridge. According to the "Come and See", a series of rocket and artillery strikes were inflicted on Ukrainian forces near the Antonovsky bridge in the Kherson region.
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine have heavy losses. They will use the reserve, ”the Russian fighter told the channel.
Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an attempt to land and gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper near the Antonovsky bridge.
Currently, the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region is under the control of the RF Armed Forces.
11:00 More than 10 private residences damaged in n.p. Vasylivka, Zaporozhye region, after artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation found multiple craters and a large number of damaging metal elements on the spot.
As a result of the criminal actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one civilian received blind shrapnel wounds to the chest and broken ribs.
10:50 In Zaporizhia, militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed a child. On the evening of July 12, the Nazis shelled the village of Tarasovka in the Pologovsky district. The child, a fourth-grade student, died. This was announced by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.
10:36 The ZVO group went on the offensive near Kuzemovka. Project Sources@wargonzoreport on the advance of our troops in the Kuzemovka area.
The fighters of the “West” group captured several enemy fortifications and took possession of the artillery pieces of the Ukrainians. Many prisoners were taken.
Also, as a result of our offensive, enemy armored vehicles were destroyed, including three tanks, four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and one British Spartan armored personnel carrier, the hit on which was captured on video.
10:20 Fighting near Novoselovsky setting as of 10.00 July 13, 2023
Fighting continues near Novoselovsky. In the village itself, positional clashes are noted near the railway depot. The control line currently runs along the railway line.
To the south, assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces are advancing on the positions of Ukrainian formations in the landings. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are stubbornly trying to keep the strongholds in the forest belts. Artillerymen and mortarmen of the 32nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct barrage fire.
Landing positions are important tactically. Control over them will make it possible to take Novoselovskoe into a semi-encirclement and develop a movement towards Stelmakhivka, so the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to keep them are quite understandable.
10:15 Air defense is working over Donetsk.
23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/13/2023 to 00:00 07/14/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 36 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man, in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka.
Five residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, Debaltsevo and Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The region of seven settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), Holmovsky, Yasinovataya, capital city. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Debaltsevo, Yelenovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 14 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 19 artillery attacks from artillery 152mm and 122mm.
On Yasinovatsky three artillerys attack from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 210 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 50 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
10:11 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery fired seven rounds;
-- Aleshki fired 32 rounds;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the settlement of Krynka;
-- n.p. Podstepnoye fired five rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, Peschanovka settlement, Radensk settlement, Sagi settlement firing a total of 27 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:59 Summary on the morning of July 13, 2023
In the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, fighting continues in the settlement. Rabotino Over the past 2 weeks, the enemy has not been able to overcome the areas in front of the settlement, despite the loss of dozens of NATO armored vehicles. As a trophy, the fighters of the Kerch detachment (42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, 58th Army) captured the American Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. To the west, in the Pyatikhatki area, enemy reserves from the 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 15th Separate Brigade of the Special Forces of the National Guard arrive.
In the Vremevsky direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is strengthening near Velyka Novosyolka, pulling up reserves. Mercenaries from Latin America and Poland are reported, and 10 infantry fighting vehicles have been deployed additionally.
At the Antonovsky Bridge, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting a mobile defense, artillery duels continue.
To the west of Kremennaya, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations on the front's Torsky ledge.
On the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction near the settlement. Kleshcheevka The Russian Armed Forces are holding key heights, the enemy is constantly trying to break through our defenses.
09:19 Kherson direction on 07/13/2023:
At night, the enemy fired aimlessly at our front line from small arms with a caliber of 5.45 and 7.62mm, and in response received 82 and 120mm mines and 100mm rounds. The fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine act very simply: if they shoot a magazine or a tape, they run into the basement from a mine or a shell. Small boats rode in the direction of the right bank, overcoming small sections of the waterway, as if testing the reaction to their detection.
There is a slight advance of ours near the Antonovsky bridge.
09:10 Over the past 24 hours, the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC recorded 56 attacks from the AFU.
Ukrainian militants fired from AGM-88 HARM, MLRS, 152- and 155mm artillery, firing 362 different rounds across the territory of the Republic. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka and Cherished Desire were under fire from the VFU.
As a result of the shelling, three civilians were injured in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Cherished Zhelaniya in the Velikonovoselkovsky district. A total of 21 residential buildings were damaged in the Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Nikitovsky districts of Horlivka, as well as four civilian infrastructure facilities.
09:00 Russian army artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction attacked and destroyed the enemy's DRG.
Subdivisions of the Vostok group of the Russian Armed Forces stopped the activities and liquidated the DRG of Ukrainian militants in the area north of Vladimirovka. The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Makarovka was also thwarted - AFVs and enemy infantry were destroyed.
In the Zaporizhia direction, during constant fighting and endless attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack our positions, armored vehicles and groups of militants were destroyed in the area of Rabotino, Novodanilovka and Stepovoe.
08:50 Black day for the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pyatikhatka: bloody a failure battalion, marching to break through the front and got into a fire bag.
The left flank of the Zaporozhye Front, the defense zone of the 19th division of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District:
Early yesterday morning, on the last day of the NATO summit, the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the offensive in the Pyatikhatka-Zherebyanka area in the Vasilyevsky district in the Kamensky direction.
After a series of failed frontal attacks on Zherebyanki, the 118th brigade of the 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the attack along a new route in order to reach the rear of our troops in this area. We were waiting for this attack. Artillery began to crush the enemy on the way, and then the dagger fire of machine guns cut off several platoons at once.
Having run into a flurry of fire, the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to half of its composition in killed and wounded and ran to Pyatikhatki, where they hid in the trenches and ruins. The wild cries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began on the air. A hundred of our troops blocked by fire and minefields on the flanks of the militants prayed for support and salvation. As a result, the reserve companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine massively “five hundred”, simply refusing to go to the rescue, seeing the defeat of the first battalion. Those who tried to evacuate the wounded could not get to them because of the massive fire of our troops.
Then the second wave of the offensive of the company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began, it repeated the fate of the first and was defeated by our scouts and artillerymen, the remnants again fled to Pyatikhatki. The third wave, according to interceptions, massively went into failure and did not take place.
During the fighting, almost all the commanders of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed or seriously wounded. That night, several dozen militants, at the cost of new losses under our fire, were able to escape from Pyatikhatki.
08:39 Situation on Zaporozhye direction in the morning according to informationArchangel Spetsnaz
In the morning, the enemy made an attempt to approach the settlement of Pyatikhatki, was noticed and destroyed by ATGM operators, the evacuation pickup truck went north.
To the north, the car landed mercenaries in a forest plantation to occupy the line and set up a mortar, they were opened and destroyed by artillery, but two people managed to run out and leave through the forest belt.
08:13 Frontline summary on the morning of 13.07.2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to advance towards Zherebyanki. No success. Assault actions near Rabotin were also suppressed by units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Russian artillery worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Orekhovo, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaipole and Malinovka.
In the Uglidar sector, Ukrainian troops continued their attacks on Priyutnoye and Staromayorskoe. No promotion. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Levadny, Novodarovka, Storozhevoye, Blagodatny and Vugledar.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian units, supported by artillery, attacked Kurdyumovka and Andreevka. Kleshcheevka and Berkhovka have fierce oncoming battles. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit Ukrainian positions in Aleksandro-Shultin, Ivanovsky, Chasovy Yar, Khromov, Bogdanovka, Vasyukovka, Zvanovka, Rozdolovka, Vesel (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name north-west of Donetsk and north of Avdiivka), Ivano-Daryevka and Verkhnekamensky, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Bakhmut and Yagodny.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued their assault operations near Torsky. Russian artillery shelled the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorivka, Torsky, Terny, Nevsky, Kislovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk and Krasny Pervy, Ukrainian artillery worked on Masyutovka.
07:55 News from Zaporozhye direction from Archangel Spetsnaz:
“N.p. Rabotino, the enemy's DRG ran into the positions of 291 SMEs. After a small-arms battle, having suffered losses, he rolled back in small groups into a forest belt.
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[REGNUM] “Today, July 13, at 11:30 p.m., the capital of our Motherland, Moscow, salutes the valiant troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front, who have captured the capital of Soviet Lithuania, the city of Vilnius,” said Stalin’s order, handed over to General of the Army Ivan Chernyakhovsky, the youngest of the front commanders . The 3rd Belorussian Front, under the command of Chernyakhovsky, had been fighting heavy battles on the outskirts of the city and on the streets of the Lithuanian capital over the previous week.
The 17,000-strong Wehrmacht grouping was not helped by either the fortifications erected on the outskirts of Vilnius or the hastily deployed reinforcements, including the Luftwaffe landing force. The Nazis lost 7,000 people killed, more than 5,000 chose to surrender.
It is significant that in the ranks of the 3rd Belorussian Front, Lithuanians from the Vilnius partisan brigade under the command of Marionas Miceika and the Trakai brigade of Theophilus Monchunskas participated in the liberation of the city. Before the arrival of the Red Army, there were three large detachments of Lithuanian anti-fascist partisans operating in only one Sventsyansky district, which derailed German military echelons. This is evidenced by documents from the archives of the Russian Ministry of Defense, published by the Russian Military Historical Society several years ago.
At least 10,000 soldiers and officers served in the Lithuanian Rifle Division formed at the beginning of World War II, and another 13,000 came to serve in the Red Army during the liberation of the republic in 1944. Eight Lithuanians received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, four of them were partisans and underground fighters.
Obviously, most (if not all) of those who fought against the German occupiers had previously welcomed the return to Lithuania of its ancient capital, Vilnius, from Polish occupation, which happened with the direct participation of the Soviet Union. Archival documents testify that many Lithuanians also welcomed the republic's entry into the USSR in 1940.
But in the modern Republic of Lithuania, a different interpretation of history has dominated for three decades, and completely different “partisans” are considered heroes - those who at least did not resist the Nazi occupation, and in 1944-1945 went into the forests to fight, including against their compatriots.
And in 2000, the Seimas of the Republic recognized as a fundamental legal act the declaration of the “Lithuanian Front of Activists” - a group that, after the retreat of the Red Army, but even before the arrival of the Nazis, on July 23, 1941, staged Jewish pogroms in Kaunas and managed to establish the first concentration camp for “non-Aryans” .
It is not surprising that the current Vilnius leaders do not at all object to the new appearance of German soldiers on Lithuanian soil - for the first time since 1944. In June 2022, President Gitanas Nauseda signed an agreement with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the NATO summit in Madrid.
On June 27 of this year, the head of the German military department, Boris Pistorius, confirmed Berlin's intention to deploy a Bundeswehr contingent in Lithuania
Finally, it is significant that on the eve of the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital hosted a NATO summit, whose participants did not hide their intention, as was the case with Nazi Germany 80 years ago, to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.
About historical parallels and about the modern interpretation of the events of World War II, IA Regnum spoke with the director of the Historical Memory Foundation Alexander Dyukov , a specialist in the history of the Soviet partisan movement and pro-Nazi collaborationism in the Baltic states and Western Ukraine.
IA Regnum: Nowadays, those who “collaborated with the West” during World War II are often compared with the current Baltic leadership. Is there an exaggeration here?
Alexander Dyukov : It should be noted that one of the main characters of the summit held in Vilnius was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis . He acted as one of the main hosts by virtue of his position.
If we look at the biography of Mr. Landsbergis, we will see that his great-grandfather was one of the ministers of the pro-Nazi collaborator government.
The one that was created in 1941 with the beginning of the occupation of Vilnius and other Lithuanian cities.
The modern Lithuanian government openly elevates itself to that government of the forty-first year - the collaborationist pro-Nazi. It is no coincidence that the ashes of the head of this government, a member of the "Lithuanian Front of Activists" Juozas Ambrazevicius , who died in the United States, were transported to Lithuania in 2012 and buried with state honors. This has been implemented consistently since Lithuania gained state independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
IA Regnum: The grandfather of the current minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, the first head of post-Soviet Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis, in 2000, being the speaker of the Seimas, tried to declare Ambrazevicius one of the legitimate leaders of Lithuania. Then this decision, fortunately, did not pass. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the decision to solemnly rebury the collaborator in Lithuania a mockery of the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, but this was ignored in Vilnius.
AD: As we can see, the descendants of those people who served the Nazis in 1941-1945 serve the collective West. And they actually do exactly the same thing, with a few exceptions. Just as in 1941 they were required to fight the so-called "Soviet occupiers", so now they are fighting Russia, not sparing their own military personnel, who are now privately present in Ukraine and are also participating in hostilities .
At the same time, modern Lithuania has lost more population during the years of independence (since 1991) than during the Nazi occupation. The demographics leave much to be desired. In addition, many able-bodied residents of Lithuania do not see prospects for themselves and simply leave the country.
If we look at the provisional collaborationist Lithuanian government of 1941, we will find that, although it declared itself to be the "government of Lithuania", it was, to put it mildly, not entirely subjective and practically subordinate to the occupation authorities. If we look at the actions of the modern Lithuanian government over the past 30 years, we also see a government that is not particularly politically subject.
What issues can this Lithuanian government decide? By and large, economic policy issues cannot be resolved, because these issues are “brought out” in the EU. It can resolve issues related to internal problems, to suppress the discontent of the population and issues related to the external confrontation between Russia and Belarus. Outside these areas of responsibility, the Lithuanian authorities, of course, are not subject, the Western countries are subject in them.
IA Regnum: Was the memory of those Lithuanians who fought against the Nazis in the Red Army completely ousted under the post-Soviet authorities? Or is it still saved?
A.D.: Indeed, the collaborationist pro-Nazi formations (which left a terrible mark not only in Lithuania, but also in Belarus and Ukraine) did not represent all Lithuanians. Lithuanians fought in the Red Army, in the Soviet partisan detachments. Together with the regular units of the Red Army, eleven Lithuanian partisan detachments entered the capital of the Republic of Lithuania in 1944, which, of course, were not one hundred percent Lithuanian, but along with Russians, Jews, they also included many Lithuanians.
And, in fact, if we are talking about those detachments that participated in the liberation, then, of course, at least half of the personnel in them were ethnic Lithuanians. Lithuanian Chekists also participated in the liberation of Vilnius, the old city, Mount Gediminas. It was a special operational group, and already in it all were Lithuanians.
And already in 1989-1990, attacks on Soviet war memorials began. Doused with paint, knocked down by bulldozers, even blew up. That is, already then there was a huge aggression of nationalist elements precisely against Soviet monuments.
And this problem has not gone away. Attacks on Soviet monuments have also taken place in the last ten years. Including monuments in cemeteries. The Lithuanian authorities themselves consistently removed Soviet monuments.
For the time being, they did not touch the monument in the main cemetery, where about 3.5 thousand Soviet soldiers are buried and where a huge memorial ensemble was built in Soviet times. There are burials of both military personnel and partisans.
And last year, the Vilnius City Council decided to demolish the memorial. Not just a monument "somewhere out there", but a memorial in the cemetery. The UN Human Rights Committee in 2022 banned the demolition of this memorial until it is decided that it is not a cultural heritage site. But, despite the ban by the UN Human Rights Committee, the Vilnius authorities destroyed the monument in December last year.
It was this monument that was the main "point of memory" about the Great Patriotic War for the inhabitants of Vilnius. That is why it was destroyed.
IA Regnum: Nevertheless, they “endured” for a long time. Why did you decide to destroy it now?
A.D.: The memorial was not demolished for a long time, since demolishing the monuments in the cemetery, where many ethnic Lithuanians are buried, was, as it were, “not comme il faut”. Maybe they wanted it, but no one would understand them.
And in 2022, it became clear to them: their hands are untied. And they decided to destroy the memorial despite the direct ban of the UN Committee on Human Rights.
IA Regnum: Were there any objections?
A.D .: Of course, there are still people in Lithuania who remember that 79 years ago it was a liberation, and not a “second occupation”, as modern authorities say. I personally know these people - native Lithuanians by origin.
The trouble is that in the last ten years, at least, consistent repressions have been carried out against these people, criminal cases are being opened against them, many are already behind bars. Among them there are already quite elderly people, although not always. For example, Algirdas Paleckis , a left-wing Lithuanian politician born in 1971, is now behind bars on trumped-up charges.
IA Regnum: What exactly was he accused of?
A. D.: In fact, in the “wrong interpretation” of the latest history, the Vilnius events of 1991. Algirdas, being a politician, quite a system, having already served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, having been awarded state orders, said, in general, the obvious thing that in 1991 "their own people shot at their own."
Criminal cases were opened against him for justifying the “Soviet occupation”, he was “pressed”, and in the end a criminal case was fabricated that he allegedly collected information in the interests of Russian intelligence agencies about Lithuanian judges, which is a frankly fake embroidered with white thread. The man received a criminal term and is now in prison.
This is one of those Lithuanians who always remembered the reality, remembered that the Soviet power in Lithuania was by no means an occupation, but a completely different phenomenon.
Many other people like Algirdas, again, were squeezed out of the country by instituting criminal cases.
We, in Russia, have political refugees from Lithuania who fled precisely because criminal cases were opened against them. For example, for speaking incorrectly about the "forest brothers."
Many in Lithuania, of course, are simply intimidated and try to keep quiet. Of course, any public forms of expression for them are excluded.
IA Regnum: From your point of view, have you succeeded in “reflashing” the mass consciousness over the past 30 years?
AD : I think that the radical anti-Russian statements of Lithuanian politicians, of course, do not reflect the general ideas of the population, which, again, is somewhat intimidated.
For example, when Belarus canceled short-term visas for Lithuanians, just a huge number of people from Lithuania went there. To some extent, this was due to economic issues - people refueled with cheaper gasoline and bought something that costs much more in Lithuania.
I must admit that I have not been able to enter Lithuania for almost ten years now, it is forbidden for me. But I manage to communicate with Lithuanians who travel outside their country. This communication shows that there is no horror in Lithuania either before the Russians or before Russia. Despite the pressure exerted by the political elite of modern Lithuania.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] On July 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed the suspension of participation in the grain deal due to non-compliance by its participants with the conditions of Moscow.
“As one of the options: not first the extension, and then the fulfillment of promises, but first the fulfillment of promises, and then our participation. We may suspend our participation in this transaction. If everyone once again says that all the promises made to us will be fulfilled, well, let them fulfill this promise, and we will immediately join this deal again, ”the Russian leader said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
The President noted that participation can be extended exactly at the moment when all participants fulfill their promises. Until then, the suspension of the participation of the Russian side may be as long as necessary to fulfill its conditions. At the same time, Putin said that the UN is sincerely trying to create conditions for the West to fulfill its obligations.
As IA Regnum reported, a grain deal for a period of 120 days was agreed in 2022 and extended several times. It consists of two agreements regulating the export of Ukrainian grain and the access of Russian agricultural products and fertilizers to world markets. Moscow repeatedly pointed out non-compliance with the terms of the deal, but on May 17 agreed to a two-month extension of the grain deal.
At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that they see no progress in resolving three of the five tracks under the grain deal. The head of the department, Sergei Lavrov , said on June 14 that the future of the agreement depends on the fulfillment of the conditions of the Russian side. He stressed that if Russia's conditions are not met by July 17, Moscow's continued participation in the deal is out of the question. Lavrov noted that the Ukrainian part of the agreements during this time has turned into a commercial project.
This was also stated by President Putin, who allowed the withdrawal from the "Black Sea Grain Initiative". The head of state stressed that the corridors along which the ships go are constantly used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to launch drones.
Later, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that part of the conditions for the grain deal had not yet been fulfilled. This is how he commented on the consideration by the European Union of the possibility of creating a subsidiary company for connection to the international SWIFT system by Rosselkhozbank. Peskov added that there are few hopes for this.
On July 12, UN Secretary-General António Guterres sent a letter to Putin with proposals to extend the grain deal. As reported in the office of the Secretary General, he is ready to interact with Russia on his proposals and remains in contact with the relevant parties. In particular, in the letter, Guterres touched on the topic of settlements through the Russian Agricultural Bank.
To date, not a single item within the framework of the grain deal related to Russian interests has been fulfilled. This was announced on July 13 in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on the Rossiya 24 TV channel by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Nothing, I want to emphasize this, nothing was done at all. Not a single item related to the fact that there are interests of the Russian Federation has been fulfilled,” the Russian leader emphasized.
He noted that this was a one-sided game and recalled that among the conditions guaranteeing the safety of the export of Ukrainian grain from Russia, there were points on which the interests of the Russian side should also be taken into account. In particular, we are talking about logistics, insurance, the movement of money associated with paying for Russian products, as well as a number of other issues.
At the same time, the President pointed out that many European countries, which, as a result, left a significant part of Ukrainian grain, began to refuse Ukrainian grain.
“They started discriminating against Ukrainian grain, not us,” Putin said.
He added that Russia could suspend participation in the grain deal and return to it when Russian conditions are met.
“We will extend. Exactly at the moment when the promises given to us will be fulfilled, ” Putin said.
In the meantime, there are a few days left before the expiration of the Black Sea initiative, Russia will think about this issue for the time being, the Russian leader concluded.
As IA Regnum reported, on July 3, the Financial Times wrote that the EU is considering allowing Rosselkhozbank to create a subsidiary that will be connected to the international SWIFT system. It is assumed that this will make it possible to carry out settlements within the framework of the grain transaction.
Later, Vladislav Ginko , an economist and lecturer at the RANEPA under the President of Russia , said that such an opportunity does not guarantee compliance with the terms of the agreement and the fulfillment of the true tasks of the grain deal. According to him, in view of this, Moscow may abandon such an idea.
Representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN signed the Black Sea Initiative in Istanbul on July 22, 2022. After that, the grain deal was extended three times: in November 2022, and also in March and May 2023.
The grain deal, which aims to help countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America in need, expires on July 17. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that there were no grounds for its extension.
The press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov , said that nothing had changed in terms of the grain deal. According to him, there is no telephone conversation between the presidents of Turkey and Russia on the issue of extending the grain deal, but the leaders, if necessary, can very quickly agree on it.
In turn, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope for the extension of the grain deal for at least three months. At the same time, he stressed that Ankara will strive to extend the grain corridor for two years.
On July 13, a source familiar with the negotiations stated that the United Nations intends to extend the grain deal for at least two months.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on July 13 that he was not aware of any new proposals for a grain deal.
Foreign Minister Lavrov said he was not aware of any new proposals for a grain deal. “I don’t know about any new proposals,” Lavrov told reporters.
The Minister noted that, apparently, we are talking about the fact that Russia and Turkey have already discussed the readiness of the two countries to work regardless of any other agreements on preferential grain supplies to developing countries.
A grain deal for a period of 120 days was agreed upon in 2022 and extended several times. It consists of two agreements, one of which regulates the export of Ukrainian grain and another one regulates the access of agricultural products and fertilizers from Russia to world markets. Moscow has repeatedly pointed out non-compliance with the Russian part of the grain deal. Nevertheless, on May 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the extension of the grain deal for two months.
Lavrov said on June 14 that the Ukrainian part of the grain deal had turned into a commercial project. According to him, according to the statistics of the Joint Focal Point, only about 3% goes to the poorest countries. The minister stressed that Moscow would not renew the deal if it did not see the fulfillment of its conditions by July 17. Termination of participation in the deal is also considered by the head of state Vladimir Putin .
At the same time, the Russian side has repeatedly stressed that the West is blocking the solution of most of the problems of the grain deal.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
"... The enemy at the front could not defeat us, but our senior authorities stabbed us in the back, treacherously and vilely ..." (c)
Commander of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District (SMD), Major General Ivan Popov with the call sign " Spartak stated that he was suspended from service after his report on problems in the army.
According to the general, the reason was that he frankly outlined the existing problems to the senior army authorities: "The moment has come when it was necessary to be cowardly and keep silent and say what they wanted to hear, or call a spade a spade."
Popov reported on the absence of counterbattery combat and artillery reconnaissance stations, which leads to mass deaths of military personnel from enemy artillery, that a rotation of fighters is needed, who over and over again repel attacks on the front line in the Zaporozhye direction. The introduction of the drone into the modern battlefield has changed artillery target acquisition, perhaps forever. The Russian MoD is struggling to integrate drones with its current massed fires doctrine, which conceivably could wind up changing that doctrine.
Due to the refusal of the senior authorities, he was rumored to have announced that he would directly report to the Supreme Commander. After that, this authorities issued an order in one day and simply got rid of Popov.
According to most opinions of military personnel, the general was a good commander, he has a very high authority at the front. The 58th Combined Arms Army has been successfully repulsing the enemy offensive in the Zaporozhye direction for more than a month. Those same heroic 291st, 70th and 71st Motorized Rifle Regiments are part of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division, 58th Army. The enemy suffered the greatest losses precisely by killing about the position of the units of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division.
The deputy is General Gurulev, who published the appeal of General Popov, this is the former commander of the 58th Army. And he knows the situation in his 58th army very well. Knows the mood in the troops.
After Prigozhin's march, the "witch hunt" began, and again the principle "stated the problem - the enemy" was at the head of the table. And why does the management need a truthful report? If there are no truthful ones, you can wave reports with a calm soul and proudly declare that everything is fine. Therefore, the system gets rid of people who tell the truth, so as not to interfere with bravura reports upstairs.
I wonder who Gerasimov is going to fight with? Surovikin simply disappeared from the radar, Popov was fired on the same day... Will the comfortable generals win obsequiously shuffling across the parquet? Or like Lapin, on the road with a pistol at the head of a platoon?
Talented generals often have a sharp character and are inconvenient for superiors, but they should be in command of combat operations. Hard to argue that.
It seems that the system did not draw the right conclusions from Prigozhin's march.
Prigozhin turned out to be very right in criticizing the system created by the unsinkable Shoigu and Gerasimov, but turned out to be wrong only in the methods by which he tried to shout to the Supreme. Didn't yell. He just doesn't want to hear.
In continuation of the post "Suffered for a truthful report,"
Let me remind you that Major General Ivan Popov was removed from command of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces after a report to the authorities on the accumulated issues in the system of the Ministry of Defense and a promise to personally report them to the Supreme...
If the deputy, Lieutenant General Gurulev - by the way, the former commander of the 58th Army - had not posted Major General Popov's appeal, then we would not have known that the army commander was removed for objectively describing the existing problems.
So here's a comment on that:
"Many have noticed the obvious - Popov is now following in the footsteps of Prigozhin. And this is true, the path has been laid and there is no turning back. So the Kremlin will not be able to "not notice." And there is nowhere to retreat. The fact is that , as in the case of Prigozhin, and even earlier Teplinsky, the conflict with the leadership of the Moscow Region is getting out of control WITH THE BEST. And this says everything about the system, more precisely about the struggle of two systems in the military, and the need for systemic change.
Popov is not at all public, no one knew about him until yesterday, so it is difficult to accuse him of vanity and political ambitions, like Prigozhin (however, who knew Prigozhin before the SVO, who heard his voice or saw his face? The systemic conflict works like this , does not extinguish, but turns everything out). Turchak placed accents in this matter.
But the fact is that Popov's 58th Army shows itself during the Ukrainian offensive as the most heroic and effective.
But it's not just about efficiency. The point is in a different approach to command and control of troops in principle - Popov and Gerasimov and Shoigu. The first (like Prigogine) - with his "gladiators", in the trenches.
The second - on the parquet, and from there they "gesture without looking." The first - recognizes the problems, is open to modernization and communication with society, the second - are tightly closed in principle. Testimony: The man (Popov) tried to solve the problem of supply, including personally interacting with volunteers. He did not imitate, did not pretend, did not speak arrogantly from above, but tried to decide seriously. Seriously. For real. And one more example: the shock platoons /UAV companies that have already shown themselves so clearly in business appeared in the troops solely on the initiative from below , contrary to army authorities.
And so, instead of immediately scaling this successful experience to all units, the initiative began to be extinguished by the army bureaucracy. Would it surprise anyone that the famous kamikaze UAV strike company belongs to the legendary 42nd Division, and this division is part of Popov's 58th army? And the bureaucrat who is dissatisfied with this initiative - Gerasimov?
We are witnessing a conflict between the two systems in the army (and in the state as well). It will no longer be possible to extinguish it and sweep it under the carpet."
P.S.
They say that Surovikin is allegedly in a boarding house. He rests so much that he didn’t even come to his daughter’s birthday. Or maybe it would be time for Surovikina FROM the boarding house, and Gerasimova To the boarding house, but for a longer time, he deserved it. And then a person works tirelessly, but you also need to rest. No?
But seriously, the fact is that Surovikin disappeared somewhere, and that official sources do not report any information about his whereabouts. This in itself is suggestive. If there was nothing to hide, then they would clearly and clearly print where Surovikin is and what he does. And that is very good information when they list that he is not in such and such a pre-trial detention center. So list all the pre-trial detention centers in the country that he is not there.
Stalin would not have won the Great Patriotic War if he had left his friends dashing cavalrymen of the 20s Voroshilov and Budyonny at the head of the Red Army, and they removed Zhukov, Rokossovsky and other best ones. But Stalin was the right leader and with balls. Now I do not see such a leader.
There is simply no hope that GDP will sort out the situation, such hope is completely absent. If he wanted to figure it out, he would have figured it out a long time ago. Apparently he does not have the desire or any qualities for this.
Reports that General Sergei Surovikin was allegedly in Matrosskaya Tishina were denied by Alexei Melnikov , executive secretary of the Public Monitoring Commission (ONC) of Moscow . He wrote about this on July 13 in the Telegram channel.
“This week I visited SIZO-6 (women's detention center. - Ed.), SIZO-1/77 (Matrosskaya Tishina), SIZO-1/99 (Kremlin Central) and SIZO-4. They clarified according to Surovikin. There is none,” he wrote.
Melnikov indicated that he was surprised that Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Shariy and some Telegram channels continue to claim otherwise.
At the same time, Melnikov added that the general, apparently, is not in any other place of detention, since this fact, according to him, would be very difficult to hide.
As IA Regnum reported, on June 30, Melnikov denied reports that Surovikin was in the Moscow Lefortovo detention center, as The Financial Times claimed. He stressed that the general is not in other pre-trial detention centers either.
Prior to this, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov forwarded the question of the general's whereabouts to the Ministry of Defense. The Kremlin spokesman stressed that this is the prerogative of the defense department.
At the same time, Peskov called publications in some media speculation and gossip that Surovikin could have known in advance about an attempted armed rebellion. He stressed that after the incident there will be a lot of fakes.
The commander of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District, Major General Ivan Popov, said that he was removed from his post after he reported to the leadership about the problem with counter-battery combat and the absence of an artillery reconnaissance station, as well as the mass death of the Russian military.
The appeal of the commander of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District (SMD), Major General Ivan Popov, was published tonight in his Telegram channel by State Duma deputy, former deputy commander of the SMD Andrey Gurulev.
“I was removed from my post <…>. He called all things by their proper names, drew attention to the most important tragedy of modern warfare - this is the lack of counter-battery combat, the absence of an artillery reconnaissance station and the mass death and injury of our brothers from enemy artillery. other problems, spoke about it at the highest level, frankly, extremely harshly," Popov said in an audio address.
According to him, after the report, an order was drawn up on his removal from service on behalf of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. "I'm waiting for my future military fate, its changes, receiving some proposal for further service," Popov added.
According to the source, Popov delivered a report to Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Kommersant reported.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner PMC, has repeatedly criticized the Russian Defense Ministry. On May 4, he released a video message to Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov , in which he announced a shortage of ammunition and demanded their immediate supply.
On June 23, Prigozhin accused the Russian Ministry of Defense of shelling the rear positions of PMCs and promised to look into it. On the morning of June 24, the center of Rostov-on-Don, near the command building of the Southern Military District (SMD), armored personnel carriers and vehicles of the National Guard appeared. A criminal case was initiated against Prigozhin for incitement to an armed rebellion.
Prigozhin announced that he had taken control of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don. Later it became known that after negotiations between Prigozhin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the Wagner PMC fighters left Rostov-on-Don for their field camps.
After the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, also repeatedly criticized the Ministry of Defense, but later, on the contrary, began to support the actions of the department. You can read more about this in the reference of the "Caucasian Knot" "How Kadyrov Quarreled and Reconciled with the Ministry of Defense".
From the V Kontakte page of Holy Rus' from Daniil Ivaschenko, General Popov's full statement.
"Good night, my beloved Gladiators, beloved, relatives, one family. So I had to gather my thoughts, a lot of events happened in the last two days. Now we can already say this with confidence.
I was ordered removed from my post. Here, I am waiting for my further military fate, its changes, some proposal for further service.
I have been honest with you from the very beginning. I have been frank with you. I shortened the distances with all the gladiators from the soldier to the marshal in our case. Because the same, equally scary for everyone, the same, it hurts and hard for everyone. ... was always honest, as much as possible from the first day of arrival in our army.
Therefore, I tell you honestly, a difficult situation arose with the senior authorities, when it was necessary either to remain silent from cowardice and say what they wanted to hear, or to call a spade a spade.
In the name of you, in the name of the dead of all our combat friends, I had no right to lie, therefore, I outlined all the problematic issues that exist today in the army. On combat support work, he called all things by their proper names, drew attention. On the most important tragedy of modern warfare.
This is the absence of some kind of battery struggle, reconnaissance and a mass of death, mutilation of our brothers. from enemy artillery. He also raised a number of other issues. At the highest level, frankly, extremely hard.
With this, apparently, the senior commanders felt some kind of danger and swiftly in one day of light, concocted an order from the Minister of Defense, got rid of it.
As many commanders of regiments and divisions said today, our army could not be penetrated from the front. We were hit from the rear by our senior commander, treacherously and vilely, decapitating the army at the most difficult and tense moment.
I stay in touch constantly for all soldiers and sergeants, ensigns of the army for everyone absolutely 24/7 any problems, domestic, family, rear, combat, absolutely any problems. We continue to work in the group. I am always available to you. It is an honor for me to stand with you in the same ranks. I am proud, I cherish and will do everything in my power even more so that it is easier for you to fight and as many of our comrades as possible remain alive. The main thing is in the name of those who will never return from the battlefields. In the name of their memory, in the name of the shed blood of soldiers and officers in Zaporozhye
We are obliged to defeat the enemy with you, to repel his offensive, to create conditions for subsequent actions. And thus, to honor the memory of our fallen comrades, your Spartak is always in touch with you."
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Rook is an SU-25 ground interdiction fixed wing fighter
Crests is Russian slang for Ukrainian soldiers.
Militants are Ukrainians soldiers.
VSUshnik are Ukrainian soldiers.
Mobilized are Ukrainian men between 16 and 70 who are pressed into Ukrainian military service.
Muscovites are Russians.
AGS-17 is a Russian made automatic grenade launcher.
DTK is the Russian brand of muzzle brake made for AKs, especially the AK-74.
About the soldiers who captured the first captured American BMP "Bradley" M2A2 ODS.
How the assault detachment "Kerch" fights
When the “offensive” began, we were sent to reinforce various strongholds, where, according to intelligence, there would most likely be an assault in the near future. We traveled often, but not every time the VSU officers managed to get to our positions in principle. So we just acted as moral support for the mobilized. The backbone of our platoon is about twenty militants themselves and a dozen more drivers, signalmen and people who are simply useful in the household. So they fought.
At one fine moment, the crests pushed the Muscovites from the *** regiment a little. It all started as a typical amplification. We were divided into groups of six people. Some had to sit in positions for three days, others, and then they would take us off for rest. We just sit and wait, you never know what task will be. Well, the first six people sat. And on the third day, attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to come to us began.
On two BMPs, they tried to lead troops into the forest belt on neutral so that they would sit there before the assault. One BMP was blown up by a mine, and ours began to shoot at the landing. The crests calmed down, there was silence all day. Six served time, our turn came. We came, sat down to drink tea, asked where and what, what kind of dugout to occupy. And at that moment a report comes to the company commander that crests are in tenth position. Three mobilized people who were sitting there saw the Ukrainians and ran away.
The tenth position is a small height, a hillock between three forest belts. Everything around is burned out, knocked out by tanks, artillery, trees burned down. And then the Ukrainians came to her. They broke through to the next position, but there they were stopped by the mobilized. We also went to shoot from a machine gun, helped to pull out the wounded. But until we started working. The whole day we sat under shelling. Three volleys of 122mm BM-21 "Gradov", tanks, even a plane arrived. By evening, ours came up - this is the first six that we replaced.
Muscovites have not yet had time to dig the trenches completely. Two positions were ready there, and all the rest were dugouts, not connected by trenches. That is, it was necessary to run just on the surface. And it was necessary to run to position number 8. So we started to run across, and at some point I look: oh, the plane, now it will break into Ukrainians.
They tell me: yes, no, he flies from the wrong side. I look out and see, really, "Rook" is flying from the other side. I say: come on, probably ours, crests don’t have aviation
... BOOM !! Damn, NURS. Missed. Lucky.
He flew wildly dangerous, low, turns around, and I look, really, a huge trident on the tail, you can see it directly. Just goof off. A very scary thing, it’s good that he didn’t hit - he came in at a very high speed. If I hit the fifth position, where a lot of people gathered, it would be really bad. We ran to the position under tank fire.
But it was getting dark, he stopped shooting, left, and we ourselves began to fire at crests. Our people are already experienced, literate, they understood that going on the attack now is nonsense, so they simply began to process them from RPGs and AGS-17. We have a young boy there, Athlete, he is 19 and will be turning soon. He is now in a hospital in the Crimea, the second wound in two weeks.
And then he just decided to come with us - he jumped into the car, like in a movie, at the last moment: "I'll go!" – it was too late to pull out. He fired five times from a grenade launcher, smeared everything, but then on the sixth time he hit - already screams could be heard. He is 19 and will be turning 19 soon. He is now in a hospital in the Crimea, the second wound in two weeks.
"Varyag" (Kuzmen)
After that, the seam on his back parted - his wound had not yet healed, shrapnel, from a tank shell. Well, we put him to bed and went to bed ourselves. At night, our troops became more active, shot at the Ukrainian reinforcements, and did not let them approach.
In the morning at seven o'clock we got up, drank some water, had breakfast, brushed our teeth. I managed to watch the movie, Diamond Cop, on my phone. Well, they say: that's it, we need to storm.
On the radio, some officer says: “Whoever takes the post, that “Man” immediately!” We decided that he was joking about the orders there, but, of course, let's go.
The head of the group, Odessa - he really is from Odessa - then cursed: “I told you, morons, four grenades for a bulletproof vest, two in a grenade. Who from your sports team took four armor grenades?
You, you, and what about the rest? And the rest just scored and forgot awake.
Odessa is a private, he joined the Russian Armed Forces recently, after being wounded, when the Wagner did not shine for him because of his health. But on this exit, he was the eldest.
Okay, we started to approach the Ukrainians. Before that, our FPV drone hit, then the prisoner said that the drone had wounded three people, and the Armed Forces hid. For the first time, it was like we jumped into a trench, and no one fired at us.
We moved there on foot, there is a distance of 500 meters. We moved slowly along the forest belt. We looked carefully, thought that the crests had mined everything - they mined, in principle, just not where we were going. The last throw is eighty meters.
And the four of us rushed! Me, Shmyga and Horse. Shmyga is a guy of 19 years old, a meter with a cap, last time I talked about him, this is who loves anime girls. Horse is also brand new, an 18-year-old boy, instead of an urgent appointment, he went to fight with us. And the fourth is Malaya, a guy from Donetsk with a very long track record and a difficult fate. Shell-shocked, but does not want to go to rest. After 2014, he has a hefty tooth for crests.
Four of us jumped into the trenches - the first. Leshy came up from behind - a bearded man, who later filmed from the Bradley - and they began to exchange fire. We leaned out of the trenches, fired, the guys at that time went to the flank, and we were left with Shmyga alone. Shmyga went ahead, I covered him.
Some kind of crest began to approach, Shmyga worked on him, shot the store - and then another VSUshnik crawled out of the fox hole from the side. He hesitated, Shmyga managed to jump back, I fired a magazine at him, but missed. Shmyga throws a grenade, the second - and then we hear the cry "I'm all!".
Shmyga shouts: "Uncle, look at me!" He takes him by the collar with his hand, pulls him out of the hole, here I am and Google, our spotter, he came up from behind, yelling: “Drop your weapon!”
Shmyga also yells: “Uncle, come on, drop the machine gun!” And he throws the gun to the side. Shmyga yells: “You were taken by a nineteen-year-old pi ** yuk !!!”
However, Odessa slightly strangled him to tie him up, like George Floyd. But nothing, everything ended well in the end, our prisoner recovered. Well, they grabbed a Ukrainian, began to move along the trenches. Shooting from the loopholes began. I threw a grenade into the trench, where another VSUshnik was sitting, he dug into the dugout. Horse ran up and also threw a grenade.
We shout to him: “Khokhol, are you still alive there ?!”
-"Ah-ah-ah!"
“Are you going to give up?”
- "Glory to Ukraine!"
“Well, then you don’t have to!” He also tried to get a first-aid kit, but the Horse ran in there, and they just made a sieve.
We took the radio from him. And from it we heard how many KIAs, and wounded they have there, who is where.
The guys moved forward even more, shot with crests, made a couple of headshots, went out and hit another fleeing Ukrainian in the back. But I lagged behind, there the trench was broken, boards everywhere, and I'm big, I can't get through. Well, Google is just clumsy.
There, farther on, the trenches completely fell asleep, and it was hard for the Ukrainians to hide. But the terrible thing began when the crests also began to lean back with grenades. These are American grenades, where the shooting of the staple is hard to hear.
It flies, fuck understand what has arrived. A terrible, in fact, weapon - it can fly in and you won’t hear anything. There, a grenade fell on a bag in front of the trench, I fall on my back, cover my head with my hands, I think that's it, but nothing happened. Exploded on the parapet. We threw a couple of Ukrainian grenades back at them.
At this point, we almost had a fight. Goblin retreated, and in the trench they met with Google, and that DTK on the machine was red-hot, and he accidentally stroked his cheek. And they both stood up to their full height and began to sort things out. Orcs for real. And Shmyga is like this: “Guys, don’t quarrel, crests need to be kneaded right now!” - such a gremlin.
Everything was close there, and then we hear on the trophy radio: “Orcs are fighting with themselves! Crazy, right? Probably the cons!”
Then we stopped firing, we are waiting for the grenades to be brought up, and the group of reinforcements is already coming after us - those guys who were supposed to stay in this position. And I hear on the radio:
“What, where are the orcs?
“Yes, they dumped, probably already.”
We started shooting, purely so that life would not seem like honey, and there: “Ah, net, net, they didn’t dump it.”
I went to the bunker "to shoot through" - and the group had already secured us. I see the entire battlefield there and just shoot in different directions so that crests do not raise their heads once again.
I stand and suddenly notice that there is no one from our platoon except Shmyga. Shmyga went to look around the trenches. In reality, he says, there is no one. Well, it's just that we have already started a group of reinforcements, and our platoon pulled back - it's done. And I stood on the backache and didn’t hear a thing, I only had a ringing in my ears.
The group of zakrep is already crowding into the trenches, we tell them to go, they say, back and forth. I stand in the cross, firing at the Ukrainians, and Shmyga sits to himself, recording a video diary.
All this time, a drone was flying over us, correcting who was where, we were covered by a tank, mortars were working on the retreating Ukrainians. The tank destroyed the car that was trying to bring reinforcements, the mortars fired at the landing on which the crests came, and worked there for the group that came for their wounded.
Google was on the radio, he, together with Odessa, directed the tank and artillery, oriented the headquarters what was happening. In general, everything was excellent with support and communication. As a result, we got lost only when the whole thing was already done.
And here comes a very imposing crest. With weapon. It is covered to the waist with a parapet. Looks at me. And I'm in a multicam, without identification marks.
I ask him: “Who are you?” - not "Who", but "Who".
And he says: "Taras Petrenko."
Me: “What are you going to do here?” - and then behind me appears the commander of the group zakrep, callsign "Junk". So he came without a helmet, but with a black cap with a huge white “Z” on it.
And, apparently, the Little Russian saw this and said: "Give up." And slowly, as in a western, raises the machine gun.
I told him: "So you remove the weapon." And after that, the shooting began almost point-blank. Taras Petrenko disappeared behind the parapet. We threw two efkas, but, apparently, he crawls so fast, like a cockroach, that he managed to crawl away.
A very lucky person. It’s a pity that he crawled away - he had cool ballistic glasses, if everything worked out, I would take them. Well, after that, we did our job, the group settled down in position, and Shmyga and I ran to the starting points. And then they start shooting at us. I was a little muffled - a bullet flew by. And I was stunned and I think something like: "Taras, damn it, what are you doing."
We retreat, but everything is just beginning, because crests are evil, and they begin to hit all positions in turn from everything that is. The Polka fired - a 62 mm Polish mortar, it is quiet, but we heard “exits”, which means that it was standing somewhere nearby.
Cannon artillery fired, Grads, two tanks. Here are the tanks - thanks to our Ka-52s - knocked out right during this battle. They were killed right in front of my eyes.
We got to ours. I'm like: Odessa, let me take off my helmet quickly, because it's hot as fuck, and I still need to refuel. Well, I take off my helmet, armor, refueled everything, put on my clothes, and then a mine hit the parapet in front of me, it was jammed. We ran further along the trenches, because we see a drone hanging above us, and it directs their artillery at us.
The problem here is that the unit that was changing in front of us took with them the only drone piercer in position. There are no complaints about them, this is, in principle, their gun, they didn’t know that those who replace them don’t have such. And our platoon drone piercer had broken down by that time. In general, it was just lucky this time that no one was hurt.
In general, I leave the trench, we continue to retreat, there is just Athlete with his parted seam and Volga, another guy who covered our flank - excellent, by the way, he covered.
And then we hear the drone very close and understand that this is FPV. Burrowed under a bush, we sit, we wait. Arta is down and we can hear him buzzing. He flew close, flew away, and then we hear how he accelerates - he flies at us. The operator, apparently, doubted, and then realized that we were still sitting there. We rushed, the Volga jumped into the trench, but I just didn’t have time to see it.
And in front of me, the grass is just burning, a fallen tree is burning, and I jumped over all this, as in Buinov's video about the Airborne Forces. I see a trench ahead, I fall there, and then a drone flies over me. BOOM! But I'm already in a trench.
I don’t have any strength anymore, I’m also deafened. I rolled over and just crawled like a turtle to the dugout.
There is a mobilizant, he says, what, how, I told him: “Water!” - he gives me a five-liter, and I blew one and a half liters in one fell swoop.
And here again "Grad" starts to work. I lie huddled in a ball, and some fragment flies into the trench. And he was so hot that he immediately burned my leg and ass a little bit. And I thought I was hurt. Well, damn it, I think, damn it, I just shot back, grenades, drones, everything is fine, and then some garbage - and in the ass! But this guy says: yes, everything is fine there. And I understand that it's just a piece of shrapnel burned through the pants.
Well, then our detachment organized mobilizers for defense, because the "Junk" was also shell-shocked. But without our dead, on the other hand, it’s already good.
All in all, it was a good day. We took six helmets, three machine guns, a bulletproof vest and a Ukrainian coat for ourselves. When we got back to our place, this captive crest was still sitting at the bottom of the trench, and I was looking for my backpack; our Muscovites took it away by mistake
- Dantes, damn it, if you are reading this, the headphones cost money there, return it.
And so, our prisoner was sitting there, and when I was getting over him, I stumbled and inadvertently stepped on him. And I say, oh shit, I'm sorry.
Nothing terrible, he says. There was also a wounded man sitting there from another post. He looks at us and says: “Guys, you are, of course, cool, it’s scary to ride with you.”
Well, and only then our platoon captured the Bradley. The guys went to the position that they stormed, and there they grabbed the abandoned Bradley. There was a little gunfire, and the crests ran away. Apparently, at the moment when he was driving to the post, the marines who were standing nearby hit him, and the crew fled.
In general, as Google says, “emotions are unreal, boys, sign up for an assault platoon.”
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] PMC "Wagner" after the transfer of heavy weapons, small arms and ammunition to the Ministry of Defense according to the inventory, began the process of transferring to the territory of Belarus, where field camps have been preparing since June.
Upon arrival, the Wagner PMC specialists will begin the process of training and transferring combat experience to the Belarusian military at the training grounds allocated for this. The corresponding order of interaction has already been approved by the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.
Of course, work continues on the African theater of operations, where Wagner specialists are deployed on the territory of several states under contracts concluded with foreign governments. Key - Libya, Central African Republic, Mali.
PMC "Wagner" is preserved as an organizational structure. It's just going through the process of restructuring its activities. If someone thought that "Wagner" after the events of 23-24 would be destroyed/disbanded, then no, this will not happen.
The tasks and staff organizational structure will change, but PMC "Wagner" will continue its activities under the old name. There will be no complete restructuring ala Blackwater/Academi at the current stage.
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[GEO.TV] There have been speculations about the Russian private mercenary Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s whereabouts since he launched a failed rebellion against the leadership in Moscow last month, as a former official in the US claimed that he is likely dead or incarcerated.
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
