Posted on 02/28/2022 8:10:18 PM PST by Mariner
A Russian military convoy that was outside of Ivankiv, Ukraine, on Sunday has since made it to the outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show.
On Sunday, the convoy was roughly 40 miles northwest of the Ukrainian capital, according to images provided by Maxar Technologies.
Maxar said that roughly 17 miles of roadway is chocked full of the convoy, which consists of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles.
The private US company said the convoy was located on the T-1011 highway at Antonov air base around 11:11 a.m local time.
Antonov is roughly 17 miles from the center of the Ukrainian capital.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Russian milbloggers speculated that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered additional military command changes on April 20.
Kremlin authorities proposed equalizing pay between mobilized personnel and volunteers, likely in an attempt to incentivize military service.
Saratov Oblast Investigative Committee detained a former Wagner Group commander who told Russian human rights organization Gulagu.net about Wagner's murder of children and other civilians in Bakhmut.
Ukrainian forces likely conducted a naval drone attack against the Russian Black Sea Fleet's (BSF) base in Sevastopol in the early morning of April 24.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in New York City on April 24 to chair a session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on April 24 that Russian ships are ferrying Iranian ammunition across the Caspian Sea to resupply Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.
Krasnoyarsk Krai deputy Konstantin Senchenko resigned on April 24 following the resignation of Krasnoyarsk Krai Governor Aleksandr Uss on April 20.
Ukrainian forces have made marginal gains south of Kreminna as of April 24 and continue to target Russian logistics nodes in rear areas of Luhansk Oblast.
Russian forces continued ground attacks in and around Bakhmut and along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City frontline.
Some Russian sources denied claims from other Russian milbloggers that Ukrainian forces established enduring positions in east (left) bank Kherson Oblast.
The Kremlin continues crypto-mobilization efforts likely in an attempt to avoid a second wave of formal mobilization.
The Wagner Group may be attempting to fill law enforcement roles in occupied territories.
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin has launched an information operation to undermine the credibility of Russian state-affiliated private military groups (PMCs).
Prigozhin claimed to visit the positions of “Potok” and the “Alexander Nevsky” units - which Prigozhin characterized as “micro-PMCs” - and harshly criticized the poor condition of these units on April 24.[5] The Potok battalion is reportedly one of three volunteer detachments of the Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom and is analogous to the Russian State Combat Reserve (BARS).[6]The Potok battalion is reportedly subordinated to the Russian Ministry of Defense PMC Redut.[7] Prigozhin claimed that these units are supposed to cover Wagner‘s flanks and asked how these units can conduct combat operations if they lack the proper supplies and weapons. Prigozhin also criticized the general proliferation of such PMCs, which likely suggests that Prigozhin views these new entities as Wagner's competition.
Wagner-affiliated sources claimed on April 24 that Wagner forces tasked Potok with defending unspecified newly captured positions to allow Wagner to regroup, but that Potok abandoned these positions and allowed Ukrainian forces to recapture the area.[8] Alleged personnel of the Potok unit posted a video message on April 24, blaming the leadership of Gazprom and PMC Redut for failing to provide Potok with proper weapons and supplies as well as blaming Wagner for forbidding the Potok personnel from leaving their positions.[9] Some milbloggers — including Wagner-affiliated milbloggers — criticized the Potok unit for blaming leadership and instead attributed their poor combat performance to their status as volunteers.[10] The milbloggers’ and Prigozhin’s reports indicate that Wagner has authority over Russian MoD-owned entities, which in turn indicates that Prigozhin has regained some favor with the Kremlin.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-24-2023
Suddenly the Russian propagandist says this:
“If China starts mentioning historical rights, we will need to keep an army of one and a half million in the Russian Far East” - propagandist Mardan
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1650802095727992838
The reason:
David Cowhig: China Changes China-Russia Border Place Names
“2022: Weibo: We Got Hong Kong Back, Why Not Vladivostok?” Opposing the excesses of nationalist sentiment in China is always difficult since it uses national chauvinism as a tool to bolster itself thus posing as the most patriotic of all.
Vladivostok = Heishenwai
Ussuriysk = Shuanchenzi
Khabarovsk = Boly
Blagoveshchensk = Hailanpao
Sakhalin Island = Quedao
Nerchinsk = Nibuchu
Nikolaevsk-on-Amur = Miaoze
Stanovaya Ridge = Waisin anlin
https://gaodawei.wordpress.com/2023/02/23/2023-rfi-china-changes-china-russia-border-place-names/
Background
Why Russia's Biggest Threat is Actually China
INTERVIEW WITH PRISONERS OF: THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Youtube.com [streaming] ^ | 4-24-2023 | Zolkin Volodymyr
Posted on 4/25/2023, 7:47:18 AM by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Started streaming 16 hours ago:
INTERVIEW WITH PRISONERS OF: THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION All participants in the video gave their voluntary consent to filming and publishing materials with them on the Internet, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 152.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, and also, in accordance with Article 307 of the Civil Code of Ukraine.
This video is for informational purposes only, and in no way calls for any actions or conclusions.
A lot of people on here made the case for Taiwan invading Russia instead of Taiwan. Looks like they were right!
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 25, 2023
Senior US and EU officials assess that Russian President Vladimir Putin would remain unwilling to negotiate in response to a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive.
A Ukrainian military official claimed on April 25 that Ukrainian forces are achieving “impressive results” in counter-battery combat against Russian forces on the Russian-occupied eastern (left) bank of the Dnipro River.
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin denied ISW’s April 22 assessment about limited improvements in Wagner’s relations with the Russian military command ahead of the planned Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Russian ultranationalists continue to advocate for the Kremlin to adopt Stalinist repression measures.
The Kremlin continues to avoid adopting overtly repressive measures likely out of concern for the stability of Putin’s regime.
Russian civil rights groups OVD-Info, Memorial, and Rus Sidyashchaya (Russia Behind Bars) issued a legal challenge to the Russian censorship law against discrediting the Russian military on April 25.
Russian sources claimed that Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks on the Svatove-Kremmina line.
Russian forces continued to conduct ground attacks in and around Bakhmut and along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City frontline.
Russian milbloggers continued to issue vehement denials that Ukrainian forces established sustained positions on east (left) bank Kherson Oblast.
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) is attempting to financially incentivize Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine, offering them compensation equivalent to that of Russian volunteers.
The Ukrainian Resistance Center reported that Ukrainian partisans detonated a Russian military checkpoint near Oleshky.
Russian federal subjects, private military companies (PMCs), and proxy military formations are continuing to advertise contract service and form new military units. Bashkortostan Administration official Maxim Zabelin announced that the republic formed a new medical company that will support regional volunteer battalions.[48] The company is currently training in Patriot Park in Kubinka, Moscow Oblast before deploying to Ukraine. A Russian milblogger amplified a series of recruitment ads including: Wagner recruiting men for a six-month contract in Ukraine or a 9 to 14-month service in Africa; Moscow City recruitment of contract servicemen; and the 60th “Veterany” Separate Air Assault Brigade recruiting volunteers to fill its fourth volunteer battalion.[49] The Republic of Tatarstan is allocating approximately 18 million rubles (about $220,300) to organize military-patriotic camps to train children ages 11 to 16 on basic military and survival skills.[50]
Details
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-25-2023
Russia tries to conceal its dwindling nuclear stockpile
In the last three years, Russia has been seeking to keep American inspectors away. And the reason behind that is likely not Moscow’s eagerness to bolster nuclear power but rather the opposite – hiding the scale of its nuclear arsenal’s reduction. The Russian nuclear stockpile has been gradually dwindling for years.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-tries-to-conceal-its-dwindling-nuclear-stockpile/
“No, this is not an episode from a horror movie. These are the realities of Russian existence,” said the mayor of Melitopol, who is loyal to Kyiv. According to him, the enemy was digging trenches at the burial site of anthrax-infected cattle. Now the Russian unit is in quarantine
https://twitter.com/Belsat_Eng/status/1650932612553211904
Ukrainian Security Service explains why Prigozhin ordered his troops not to take prisoners
“A significant number of Russian soldiers who surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are Wagner troops. And in order to stop this process, Prigozhin scares his mercenaries with such statements, saying that if we do not take prisoners, then the other side will not take prisoners either. That is, if you surrender, you will definitely be tortured or shot. Accordingly, these statements are for internal use, because Prigozhin has already received sentences for his crimes not only for years, but also for many metres into the ground,” said Viktor Yahun.
Great, mercenary infighting. Wagner PMC fighters threatened to shoot mercenaries from Gazprom’s Potok PMC. The mercenaries from Wagner directly complain to Prigozhin.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1651160130103197696
30 s video
comment:
“For people wondering why, rumours are that some of Gazprom’s Potok PMC abandoned their positions recently due to various reasons, as you can see Wagner are not happy about that. I believe Potok PMC were suppose to be supporting Wagner in Bakhmut.”
The aircraft was visibly on fire before the crash. According to reports, the two crew-members managed to eject before their plane hit the ground.
https://twitter.com/Archer83Able/status/1651247037927632898
video
Crash-site of the MiG-31 near Monchegorsk in the Murmansk Oblast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_(game)
and the representation of the Risk game board, showing the different territories, an approximation of their borders, and an approximation of their usual coloring. Board from 04JUL2021
No Russia - nice forcast.
With this conditions the counteroffensive will not take place anytime soon. A lot of mud 😔
https://twitter.com/parrot_soldier/status/1651226582755733508
1 Gazprom’s PMC unit Potok [Stream] is reported to have conflicts with Wagner. Potok fighters complain to Putin, they were attached to OO Redut and sent to replace Wagner’s positions, but were forced to retreat under the AFU pressure. For this, Wagner threatened them with shooting.
2 Here a captured mercenary from Potok also explains that Gazprom created a number of other units such as Fakel [Torch] and Plamya [Flame] which were attached to the Ministry of Defence. He was dumped on the battlefield by his comrades and was lucky enough to reach 🇺🇦 positions.
As per the video in the second tweet, Prigozhin is critical of Gazprom’s initiative as he sees it as a threat to his authority with Wagner. He openly talks about large companies creating PMCs to secure themselves in case things go sour in the Russian political landscape.
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1651163200732254208
Russian forces have emptied out this military depot in northern Crimea, new satellite imagery shows.
This site was used to store tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery.
https://twitter.com/bradyafr/status/1651167988089847809
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