💥7 tanks,
💥14 armored vehicles,
💥9 artillery systems,
💥8 electronic warfare complexes,
💥24 cars,
💥3 air defense systems,
💥10 BC warehouses
💥and more.
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1694676552049475610
Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4177159/posts
Calling someone a RuZZian on FR is considered an insult.
Calling someone a Comrade on FR is considered an insult.
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA. The biggest winner of the war.
“More than three decades after Reagan left office, most Republicans still believe that America is a force for good.”
💥7 tanks,
💥14 armored vehicles,
💥9 artillery systems,
💥8 electronic warfare complexes,
💥24 cars,
💥3 air defense systems,
💥10 BC warehouses
💥and more.
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1694676552049475610
Is Prigozhin still dead?
Asking for a friend...
I’ll be a bit late this morning and not at all tomorrow morning.
Section 1 of 7 - Ukraine: Military Situation Update - Aug 23, 2023.
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
==
Section 2A ——> Ukraine’s Spy Agency Claims Strike On Key S-400 SAM System In Crimea <——
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate today released video it says shows a Russian S-400 air defense system being obliterated in Crimea.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraines-spy-agency-claims-strike-on-key-s-400-sam-system-in-crimea
==
Section 2B ——> Bizjet With Prigozhin On Manifest Crashes In Russia (Updated) <——
The crash of a business jet linked to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin comes some two months after he led a failed putsch aimed at Moscow.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/bizjet-with-prigozhin-on-manifest-crashes-in-russia
==
Section 2C ——> Has a Chinese Submarine Crashed in the Taiwan Strait? What We Know
https://www.newsweek.com/china-submarine-crash-taiwan-strait-miitary-drills-1821787
Excerpt:
Some of the reports claimed the entire crew onboard the vessel had been killed.
Section 2C1 ——> So, What happened to Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4177335/posts
Excerpt:
Xi Jinping failed to show up for a planned speech; Did anything extraordinary happen yesterday that might have unavoidably pulled Xi away from his duties? Maybe?
... but the fact that Xi didn’t deliver his own speech is odd. Close watchers of China say this simply never happens without some extraordinary reason.
First, there was this incident in which a Chinese aide seen running after Xi Jinping was stopped by security who, it seems, didn’t know who he was. As you can see in this clip, Xi seems confused and stops and looks back.
At BRICS summit, South African security officers stop Chinese President Xi Jinping’s officials who were trying to make their in. Literally had to close the doors prompting the Chinese President to look back several times.
https://twitter.com/sidhant/status/1694315234322964628
It turns out the man who got body slammed into a door was Xi’s translator. You can see the same small guy with glasses in this earlier video shot upon Xi’s arrival.
[Second,] Reports circulating online have claimed that one of China’s Type 093, or “Shang-class,” nuclear submarines had crashed in unknown circumstances at some point in the past few days. Some of the reports claimed the entire crew onboard the vessel had been killed…
There has been no official confirmation of a Chinese submarine running into difficulty in the contentious strait, and experts have been hesitant to speculate. The topic was not mentioned in a press briefing from China’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday and has not appeared in any state news agencies’ reports.
Two points about this. First, if a Chinese nuclear sub did sink in the Taiwan straight that would be a huge story. Second, this definitely seems like the kind of news China would deny and lie about because that’s just what they do anytime their prestige is on the line.
On the other hand, no one seems convinced this happened yet.
[ Insane Marine Operation. Wagner Chief is Dead. Russian Helicopters Stolen ]
••Day 546: Aug 23
Today, there is a lot of good news.
First of all when it comes to Orkhiv direction that we discusses yesterday, today, it was officially confirmed that Ukrainians won the battle for Robotnye.
The Warriors from the 47th Mechanized Brigade raised the Ukrainian flag in the southern part oft e village, showing that there were no Russians left, even on the outskirts.
The raising of the flag today is symbolic because today Ukrainians are celebrating The Day of The National Flag.
A lot of developments also happened in and around Crimea.
Today, Ukrainian forces conducted a special operation near the oil rigs that are located between Odesa and Crimea.
The rigs were abandoned last year, which is why Ukrainians are using them for reconnaissance and surveillance and assistance in greater attacks in the Black Sea.
Russians understood the danger, so when they detected the group of boats, they sent a fighter jet, Su-30, to destroy them.
Unfortunately for Russians, not only did the pilot miss the target, but Ukrainians also immediately retaliated and successfully hit the Su-30 back.
It turned out that Ukrainians equipped their boats with air defense systems, anti-tank missiles, and even anti-ship missiles, making any encounter, deadly.
But this is just the beginning.
Around the same time, Ukrainians conducted a successful strike on the Crimean peninsula.
The target of the strike became the Russian air defense system S-400 near Olenivka.
It is important to note that the strike happened under the supervision of a Ukrainian drone, which got extremely close to the shore without any problems.
Interestingly, some Russian analysts said that this event is connected to the Ukrainian operations near the oil rigs.
As already mentioned, these boats have a plethora of missile systems, so it’s been speculated that Ukrainians conducted the strike from the anti-ship system Brimstone II.
Given that Ukrainian boats operated just 30 km from the shore, Brimstone would have no difficulties in destroying targets on the shore.
If you still remember, recently Ukrainians conducted a number of very weird strikes with only a couple of cheap drones precisely in this region.
I concluded that Ukrainians were testing Russian air defenses before making a big surprise.
It is unlikely that this is the main strike, however, today’s successful destruction of the Russian air defense is definitely the result of the previous shaping operations.
So, in total, the Ukrainian boat crew successfully hit one fighter jet and one air defense system.
In the meantime, Russian forces lost a helicopter. Recently released footage revealed that a Russian helicopter landed somewhere near the border in the Kharkiv region.
Ukrainian Intelligence confirmed that this was a planned special operation, and that they successfully stole the Russian aircraft.
Moreover, the helicopter was loaded with equipment for fighter jets Su-27 and Su-30, which will be very useful for Ukrainians as well.
The pilot was reportedly hired by the Ukrainian Intelligence, his family was in advance evacuated to Ukraine, and he joined them once the operation was completed.
There were also two more unsuspecting crew members who did not expect to land in Ukraine.
They refused to cooperate, tried to resist, but were immediately liquidated.
So, today, Russians lost not just a fighter jet but also a helicopter [ Mi-8 ].
By the way, today it was finally confirmed that the Head of the Russian Air Force, Sergey Surovikin, was fired by Putin.
Even though formally he was removed from a military position and transferred to some clergy [ clerical? ] position in the Defense Ministry, many sources claim that he is in deep trouble.
The general disappeared right after Wagner’s coup.
It was reported that Surovikin supported the coup and aimed to become the Minister of Defense, which is why he was immediately arrested and kept away from the public eye.
Over the last 2 months, the whole Surovikin’s circle was reportedly liquidated on the ground of treason, even though officially nothing was happening inside the Ministry.
When it comes to the Wager chief himself, Evgeniy Prigozin, today, his private plane crushed when he was traveling to Moscow.
It was reported that the records show that Prigozhin was present on the plane.
Moreover, Prigozhin’s right hand, Dmytro Utkin, who actually created the Wagner Group, was also on the plane, and the Head of Security and Logistics of the Wagner Group [ Chekalov, Valeriy] was on that plane as well.
There were no survivors, which means that the most important people who conducted the coup are dead.
Interestingly, the locals reported seeing contrails under the plane and hearing two explosions, which is characteristic of air defense work.
Furthermore, the plane was falling without wings, which suggests that they broke off as a result of an impact.
The remnants of the plane also have damage characteristic of a missile explosion. All of that indicates that the plane was shot down by the Russian air defense system.
Conveniently, Russian sources reported that for unknown reasons, the plane violated the safety protocol, switched off its transponder, and disappeared from radars right above the vast fields in the Tver region.
Given that Ukrainians conducted a drone strike on Moscow the same day, Russian sources reported that the violation of safety protocols led to the misidentification of the object by the air defense operators, who shot the plane down, thinking it was a drone.
Wagner-affiliated sources, however, claim that this was a planned assassination and say that the Wagner Group will retaliate.
[ Wagner Boss Kaputt | What is Next? Ukraine Liberated Robotnye ]
Section 4A: 2 months to the day Prigozhin started his rebellion- very symbolic. Hit by 2 S-300 missiles. Mistook it for a drone ... a second airplane behind Prigozhin’s saw the kaboom and immediately returned to Moscow where the passengers were promptly arrested by Russian Special forces; no word on who they were or what happened to them.
The people on board were known to the “authorities” because that is part of the check in procedures even on private jets.
To investigate, there should be reps from Brazil & the plane company, but not likely to happen.
==
Section 4B: What will Wagner troops do? It is not over. Wagner ranks are only commanders and troops. No others.
Commanders’ meeting will decide what to do.
But Russia wants to get rid of them all, even in Africa. Integration into the RGF is questionable, as the RGF does not have enough forces to handle the Wagners.
The elimination of Prigozhin by Putin is basically like shooting himself in his strongest arm. Now what will happen in Russia is hard to predict. [ See Section 7A story below. ]
==
Section 4C: Robotnye:
Liberated. Next village is Novoprokopivka which received aviation presents. Hit were command and supply centers. UA policy now is to uses as much artillery and aviation bombs as possible, leaving no place to Orcs to hide.
Section 5A: The Russian Mi-8 Helicopter landed in Poltava (Ukrainian) Airfield few days ago. According to information coming this is the exact photo of that Helicopter in Poltava.
Looks like some pilots decided to give up and earn some money. Plus run away from dictatorship. Good choice
The reward for the surrendered equipment of the invaders is different:
Combat aircraft/ship of the 1st or 2nd rank - $1 million;
Combat helicopter/ship of rank 3rd or 4th - $500,000.
Military (auxiliary) support vessels - $200,000;
Tank, ground artillery (self-propelled) - $100,000.
==
Section 5B: On some of the wreckage of Prigozhin’s plane, you can see holes and traces from hitting of an anti-aircraft missile shrapnel.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6218?single
==
Section 5C: President Zelensky said that Ukrainian army is unable to move all of the forces to the south as it was recommended by allies. In that case, we may lose the territory on the east because Russia accumulated many resources there, he said. Thereby, Zelensky declined the proposal by the Allies to use all forces in one area.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6225
==
Section 5D: Official video of the GUR landing in Crimea. Special forces of the Main Intelligence Service and the Navy on boats landed on the shore near the settlements of Olenevka and Mayak
During the execution of the task, the Ukrainian fighters entered into a clash with the units of the occupier.
As a result, the enemy suffered losses among the personnel, enemy equipment was destroyed. Also, the state flag reappeared in the Ukrainian Crimea.
All goals and objectives have been met.
After the completion of the special operation, the Ukrainian defenders left the scene without losses.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6246?single
==
Section 5E: Norway may transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine [ they have 74 retired F-16s ].
The TV2 channel reports with reference to sources. Also, the head of the President’s office Yermak made a corresponding hint.
Earlier, the Netherlands and Denmark promised to provide us with 61 aircraft.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6247
==
Section 5F: Tokmak. Russian base on fire. Video
https://t.me/pilotblog/6254
Section 6A: “A real tragedy in Rabotino.” The military spoke about the battles for the village
Ukrainian troops yesterday boasted of the flag installed in Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. We learned what is happening in a strategically important village.
“We continue fighting for Rabotino, but the village is practically lost. The enemy is already sharpening his teeth on Tokmak, but we will definitely not let him advance quickly,” a source in the General Staff told us.
An officer who is fighting in the Zaporizhzhia sector and has recently retreated from Rabotino is more categorical about this. “A real tragedy is happening in Rabotino, both the mobilized and the elite of our army are dying. And at this time, all these bitches, officials, FSB officers just run from Tokmak , they got scared. Who are we fighting for anyway?” - he was indignant.
We will be monitoring the situation around Rabotino and will update you with new details as soon as we have them.
==
Section 6B: We predicted the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin back in June. Vladimir Putin spoke about it then.
On June 28, shortly after the Wagner PMC mutiny, our channel released a post containing the following words:
Vladimir Vladimirovich clearly stated that Prigozhin should not be forgiven for what he had done. Demanded immediate action.
They managed to persuade him not to act hastily - so that the riot would not start again. In the end, we decided to wait a bit. But the president expects that Prigozhin will be liquidated (this is the expression of Vladimir Vladimirovich himself) no later than at the beginning of autumn.
Now our agents will follow him so that he does not do anything.
We do not want to hint at anything, but we predicted the date of the death of Yevgeny Viktorovich almost exactly. It is a pity that he did not listen to this information, although we passed it on through prominent “musicians”.
We are not going to scatter accusations, but we believe that both the president personally and Sergei Shoigu, who was never able to establish relations with Yevgeny Viktorovich, and (ideally) even representatives of the FSB should comment on this information.
In the absence of comments, you yourself can decide who benefited from the death of such a prominent person as Prigozhin, and whether his plane was accidentally shot down by Russian air defense.
==
Section 6C: According to the airline, the following passengers were on board the Embraer - 135 (EBM-135BJ):
Propustin, Sergey
Makaryan, Evgeny
Totmin, Alexander
Chekalov, Valeriy
Utkin, Dmitry
Matuseev, Nikolay
Prigozhin, Evgeniy
Crew members:
Levshin Aleksei, commander;
Karimov Rustam, co-pilot;
Raspopova Kristina, flight attendant.
The flight of the Embraer - 135 (EBM-135BJ) aircraft was carried out on the basis of a permit for the use of airspace, issued in accordance with the established procedure.
https://t.me/favt_ru /1278
Section 7A: In an interesting way, the preparatory stage for the once long-awaited transit begins.
The destruction by the Russian air defense system over the territory of Russia of the aircraft in which Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin were located puts a bullet in the case of Prigozhin’s rebellion, and in the existence of the Wagner PMC.
Under the leadership of the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev, an operation was developed to destroy Yevgeny Prigozhin and the entire leadership of the Wagner PMC.
The elimination of Prigozhin and Utkin, this is the main, but not the final stage of this operation, according to the plan, all the commanders of the Wagner PMC who supported the rebellion should be destroyed.
We already talked about this almost immediately after the rebellion, but then few people attached importance to this information.
The President was informed about the plans, and he gave the go-ahead for implementation.
Recently, Putin has practically not participated in the life of the country, and even without his go-ahead, the operation would have been carried out.
The President dies and the leadership of the power bloc led by Nikolai Patrushev is preparing to seize power, or rather, to transit, as they see it.
All stages of preparation must be completed before Putin’s death, and here there is little time left.
The death of Prigozhin solves two problems at once.
Firstly, it removes from the political field a figure who can mobilize and arm twenty-five thousand “thugs” with combat experience, and in a period of political uncertainty can start his own game, confusing the plans of the security forces.
Secondly, the destruction of Prigozhin opens the way to the next stage of preparations for the transit - the purge of the “army”, here it is planned to block any opportunities for the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) to intervene in the struggle for power on someone’s side or play their own game.
Yes, and the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu and the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov are already decently “zae..ali” [ “зае..али” ] the security forces. <—— Have no idea what “zae..ali” means as it is the same spelling in the original Russian.
Patrushev, who led the country and negotiations with Prigozhin during the rebellion, initially had a different plan, which included first purges of the military and then the destruction of PMCs, but the President intervened in the process defending Shoigu and Gerasimov, and had to adapt plans to current conditions.
Now Putin is weakening every day, the double is completely under the control of the security forces, who managed to find mutual understanding with the leadership of the FSO, and Patrushev understands that it is necessary to act quickly.
True, Kadyrov still remains, as a possible factor of instability in the plans for the coming to power of the Patrushev clan, but there are both plan A and plan B on this score.
We repeat, this is not the first time, few people want to hear right away, EVERYTHING will be destroyed Wagner PMC commanders who took part in the rebellion.
And for our opponents so zealously striving for power in Russia, we inform you: PRIGOGINE TO BE DISCOUNTED EARLY! <—— All caps in Russian also.
==
Section 7B: Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin was presented with a report from which it follows that the “latest” means (mobile and stationary) of electronic warfare (EW) to suppress attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles used in Russia, including in Moscow, cause enormous damage to health. At risk are not only those who operate these funds, but also those around them.
Among the already identified health problems with an established connection with the use of electronic warfare: oncology, impotence in men, reproductive health disorders in women, and so on.
The President is informed that due to the mass installation of stationary electronic warfare equipment in Moscow and the region, hundreds of thousands of people are at risk, including residents of elite villages where they live, including representatives of the country’s leadership, and in Moscow City, the authors of the report do not recommend be at all.
Putin, having read the report, said that as long as there are no other opportunities to suppress drone attacks, everything will be as it is.
I wonder what the take is on Prigozhin’s unexpected natural accident, by @DarthPutinKGB on TwitterX?
I miss that guy’s wit.
On 19 June 2023, Oryx announced that the blog would be ended on 1 October 2023. In the statement posted on Twitter, Oryx explained that the blog had been created a decade earlier “out of boredom”, and that the project – which had been conducted “in our free time” and without any pay – had turned into an “all-consuming project” that had not resulted in any jobs and which “just doesn't make me happy anymore”.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Oryx_(website)