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2022-08-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukraine 'blows up Wagner HQ in Donbas' after Russian propagandist gave away its location and 'revealed mercenary group's owner dubbed ‘’Putin's Chef’’ was there'

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Sergei Sreda, a so-called 'war reporter' and Russian propagandist, visited Wagner HQ in Ukraine last week

He posted photos on Telegram, saying he was welcomed 'like family' by fighters who told him 'funny stories'

But one photo gave away the base's location after Sreda accidentally captured a sign with an address on it

Ukraine says it used photo to locate the base and hit it with HIMARS, with strike confirmed on Sunday

Sreda's visit also seems to have coincided with a visit to the frontline by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an oligarch who owns Wagner and has been dubbed 'Putin's chef' because he rose to prominence throwing lavish banquets for the Russian leader.

Unconfirmed reports that have emerged on Telegram claim that Prigozhin has not been seen since seen the strike, and those who know him are in a 'mild panic'.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-15 07:09|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 Apparently SECOPS isn't something they train on.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-08-15 11:21|| 2022-08-15 11:21|| Front Page Top

#2 The Russian speaking separatists learned early on that the Ukrainians monitor the internet for their bullshit, and thus became very aware of electronic warfare being conducted against them.

Costly lessons.

Now, the Russians get to learn the same lessons.

Posted by badanov 2022-08-15 11:39|| 2022-08-15 11:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Appears the Ukrainians got Prigozhin.

Posted by badanov 2022-08-15 13:10|| 2022-08-15 13:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Apparently "looking for his body" is a damned Russian joke.

Posted by badanov 2022-08-15 13:18|| 2022-08-15 13:18|| Front Page Top

#5 You have to pay dearly for unprofessionalism in a serious business like war. There is no room for snotting around. I guess mercs wouldn't know. Idiots.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-08-15 13:33|| 2022-08-15 13:33|| Front Page Top

#6 "Heroic Wagner HQ Air Defense intercepts UK Missiles!"

Posted by Frank G 2022-08-15 13:37|| 2022-08-15 13:37|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ I thought that was the imported Syrian mercenaries' specialty...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-15 13:42|| 2022-08-15 13:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Not much different than foreign volunteers who kept using their personal cell phones just a few months back providing coordinates for a 'special delivery'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-15 15:20|| 2022-08-15 15:20|| Front Page Top

#9 "Hello, Amazon...?"

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-15 16:16|| 2022-08-15 16:16|| Front Page Top

#10 RUMINT says:
There are pix of Prigozhin in a still-alive state. Also, British intelligence did the geo-locating based on the reporter's pic and passed the info on to the Ukrainians.

Posted by SteveS 2022-08-15 16:43|| 2022-08-15 16:43|| Front Page Top

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