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Posted on 06/29/2023 2:36:30 PM PDT by McGruff
The notorious Wagner mercenary group that grabbed headlines over the weekend did more than carry out an attempted mutiny, it drew a serious psychological blow to Russia’s elite airborne command and control, the U.K. defense ministry assessed Thursday.
In its move to advance north of Rostov-on-Don towards Moscow Saturday, Wagner forces shot down a "high value" Russian IL-22M airborne command post aircraft outside the town of Bugaevka, killing its crew and destroying one of the 12 "special mission aircraft."
"The loss of this aircraft is likely to have a negative impact on Russian air and land operations. In the short term the psychological shock of losing a large number of aircrew in this manner will almost certainly damage morale within the Russian Aerospace Force," the defense ministry said in its daily briefing.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
No is this the same British intelligence that told us Trump was a Russian spy and hired Russian prostitutes to urinate all over his bed, despite him being a very famous German folk? That British intelligence?
Germophobe
Not too long ago, the Russians massacred a bunch of Wagner personnel, which leads me to suspect this was payback.
Maybe so but I doubt Putin is going to overlook the mutiny and call things even now.
Got hate that auto correct, as it rarely corrects correctly, rendering it as worthless at teats on a boar hog. 🤣
I agree completely. Russians are not known for forgiveness.
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