Posted on 05/15/2023 2:57:16 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
In late January, with his mercenary forces dying by the thousands in a fight for the ruined city of Bakhmut, Wagner Group owner Yevgeniy Prigozhin made Ukraine an extraordinary offer.
Prigozhin said that if Ukraine’s commanders withdrew their soldiers from the area around Bakhmut, he would give Kyiv information on Russian troop positions, which Ukraine could use to attack them. Prigozhin conveyed the proposal to his contacts in Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate, with whom he has maintained secret communications during the course of the war, according to previously unreported U.S. intelligence documents leaked on the group-chat platform Discord.
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Other leaked documents reveal Russian Defense Ministry officials privately wondering how to respond to Prigozhin’s criticism of the military’s performance and his demands for more resources, which they apparently conceded were not illegitimate grievances. The documents also speak to a power struggle between Prigozhin and top officials, including Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Against that tense backdrop, Prigohzin has carried on a secret relationship with Ukrainian intelligence that, in addition to phone calls, includes in-person meetings with HUR officers in an unspecified country in Africa, one document states. Wagner forces provide security to several governments on the continent.
The leaked U.S. intelligence shows Prigozhin bemoaning the heavy toll that fighting has taken on his own forces and urging Ukraine to strike harder against Russian troops.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Another symptom of Russians being morons and scum. Fruitless to dive into thinking about how their twisted minds work. Much better to figure out how much lead it takes to kill them.
The UK already gave Ukraine its Storm Shadow missiles. Time for the Biden administration to stop pussyfooting and provide ATACMS (less capable than Storm Shadow) and give the OK for F-16s.
Just seems like he’s trying to generate some civil war in Russia....Wagner versus Russian military.
Prigo with his merc army, are the ones who can off Putin and make peace with Ukraine. The world is sick and tired of dumbass Vlad. As far as Russia goes, Vlad is bad for their business of selling oil and gas to the world. Every Rus oligarch will tell you this.
Comments like this is why nothing you post is trustworthy.
That’s the reason Putin blew up his Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Russian politics is not about what is good for Russians, but about what’s good for Putin.
Europe could have tangled a prize in front of groups who could kill Putin - remove him and we’ll restore the gravy train where we’ll give you money for your gas.
Putin saw this as a threat and ordered it blown up.
Even the Washington Post journalists are amazed that you are so stupid that you assume every word they wrote is true
“Yes of course I can confirm this information, we have nothing to hide from the foreign special services. Budanov and I are still in Africa,” Prigohzin wrote on Sunday via his Telegram channel."
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Meanwhile
According to reports Wagner made more gains in the city itself overnight in the so called nest
And
Russians deploy airborne assault troops to outskirts of Bakhmut, heavy fighting continues
https://news.yahoo.com/russians-deploy-airborne-assault-troops-062545604.html
Good thing we can keep secrets.
His 15 minutes of fame are just about over.
I’m sure that puts a thrill in your heart.
I’m carrying the torch Ronald Reagan lit. You’re preaching the anti-American drivel of Code Pink commie scum.
It's been a catastrophic few days for the Ukraine military, losing thousands of men each day to the Bakhmut meat grinder, and here you are standing behind Washington Post propaganda. I suspect you'll disappear again when the Ukraine falls
I’m sure that puts a thrill in your heart.
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Why because I report facts?
“Leaked US intelligence”in the Washington Post?
Then the opposite is true.
Maybe he’s not trying to do anything, maybe it’s the CIA or some other disinformation agency trying to sow discontent and infighting
Think about it, if this article were true he would be dead before the sun went down, no country would tolerate open treason like that.
I do not know if this is true. It could be disinformation from the U.S. to ferment a rift between Prigozhin and Moscow. But it could just as likely have come from Moscow itself as an excuse to rid themselves of Prigozhin. Who knows?
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