Posted on 06/26/2023 5:50:03 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
President Vladimir Putin on Monday paid tribute to pilots who were killed during the failed weekend mutiny, confirming earlier reports by military bloggers that several planes were shot down by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner militia.
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"The courage and self-sacrifice of the fallen heroes-pilots saved Russia from tragic devastating consequences," Putin said in his first public address about the mutiny since the weekend events.
There has been no official information about how many pilots died or how many aircraft were shot down.
Some Russian Telegram channels monitoring Russia's military activity, including the blog Rybar with more than a million subscribers, reported on Saturday that 13 Russian pilots were killed during the day-long mutiny.
Among the aircraft downed were three Mi-8 MTPR electronic warfare helicopters, and an Il-18 aircraft with its crew, Rybar reported.
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I got ten bucks that says this snippet was taken out of context and has nothing to do with the protest. I can confidently say that because everything you post is ether a flat out lie, or is out of context. That’s what happens when you less then zero credibility.
So know the liar is believable and we should take him at his word because this statement proves that a number of other statements, however plausible they may be, are themselves lies. Let me get this straight. A is false. Therefore B which I though false based upon other statements is now true despite any effort to show that the major proposition `A=>B is a valid proposition. Incroyable.
If true, good shooting Wagner Group!
Wagner Mercenaries Did What Ukrainian Troops Couldn’t Do: Shoot Down A Priceless Russian Command Plane
You’re lying, as always. It was probably a training accident.
Down and dead is GOOD no matter how it happened.
Armed rebellion, mutiny or coup’de tat?
Faulse flag to aid Putin, and make him look both the sane one, and under attack.
13 PILOTS, i bet there were 13 crew on that Il-22M alone...
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