Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 **Media Thread** NO DISCUSSION #5

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JUN 27, 2023
www.bbc.com

Belarus leader welcomes Wagner boss Prigozhin into exile

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a Russian mutiny, arrives in Belarus and his men are offered a military base.
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Mr Lukashenko said Wagner mercenaries had been offered an abandoned military base if they wanted to join their leader: "There is a fence, everything is available, erect your tents."

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The Russian leader admitted that pilots had lost their lives "confronting the mutineers" in the latest attempt to take hold of the narrative of a turbulent few days that shook the Kremlin.

Six military helicopters and an Ilyushin 22-M command-and-control plane were shot down by the mutineers, according to unconfirmed reports. Some wreckage has been seen but the number of casualties is unclear.

Mr Prigozhin also accused the Russian military of a missile strike on his men on Friday, killing 30 people. However, no evidence of that has been seen.

"In a day we covered 780 km," he said on Monday. "Not a single soldier was killed on the ground. We are sorry that we had to strike aircraft, but they were hitting us with bombs and missiles."

Videos have shown the Wagner convoy being bombed from the air as they headed north among civilian traffic in the southern Voronezh region on Saturday.

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Russia academic Mark Galeotti said the Belarus leader had acted as a useful intermediary for President Putin, who could now seek to keep Mr Prigozhin on side to manage his mercenary forces in Africa.

Katia Glod said that Belarusians were focused on how far the crisis had weakened Vladimir Putin, as it would also mean a weakened Alexander Lukashenko.

"The twin pillars of Lukashenko are the Kremlin and the violence of [Belarus] security services that fulfil Lukashenko's orders," she said. "In the short term it could mean more repression as Lukashenko feels more weakened. If the Kremlin looks less reliable as a pillar it could mean good news in the long term."
 
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JUN 29, 2023
www.dailymail.co.uk

Vice president of Russian bank falls to her death in Moscow apartment

Kristina Baikova is the latest mysterious casualty involving Russia's top business people. She allegedly fell from her apartment on the Khodynsky Boulevard in the early hours of Friday.
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A spate of unexplained deaths of high-ranking energy officials has taken place since the start of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine in February last year.
  1. In May this year, Russia's deputy science minister [Pyotr Kucherenko, 46], allegedly a private critic of the 'fascist' invasion of Ukraine, died suddenly after falling seriously ill on a flight to Moscow.
  2. In April, energy boss Igor Shkurko was found dead in his prison cell after he was accused of taking a bribe.
  3. Only two months prior, Russian oil magnate Viatcheslav Rovneiko, 59, was 'found unconscious' late at night at his home.
  4. In February, a top Russian defence official [Marina Yankina, 58,] was found dead after plunging 160ft from a tower block window last week.
  5. A week earlier, Major General Vladimir Makarov - a Russian general recently fired by Putin - was found dead in a possible suicide.
  6. On December 26, Pavel Antonov - the richest deputy of the Russian Duma (Russia's parliament) and a Putin critic - died in India falling out of a hotel window.
  7. His companion Vladimir Bidenov was found dead in the same hotel four days earlier.
  8. Aleksey Maslov, 69, the former chief of Russian Ground Forces, died in hospital on December 25.
  9. Aleksandr Buzakov - who had been the head of Russia's 'admiralty shipyards' for a decade - died on December 24 2022.
  10. In July, 76-year-old Yevgeny Lobachev - a retired Major General of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation - was found dead in Moscow with a pistol nearby.
  11. Dmitry Zelenov, a real estate tycoon, died on December 9 in the French Riviera town of Antibes. [was out to dinner with some friends when he began feeling unwell and tumbled down a flight of stairs]
  12. Anatoly Gerashchenko, the former head of Moscow's Aviation Institute (MAI) is said to have tumbled down a flight of stairs at the institute's headquarters in the Russian capital in September.
  13. Gerashchenko's highly suspicious death came less than two weeks after Vladimir Putin's point man for developing Russia's vast Arctic resources [Ivan Pechorin, 39,] 'fell overboard' while sailing off the country's Pacific coast.
  14. The corporation's former CEO Igor Nosov, 43, also died suddenly in February, reportedly from a stroke.
  15. On September 1, oil tycoon Ravil Maganov, 67, fell to his death from the sixth floor window of a Moscow hospital.
  16. In July, Yuri Voronov, 61, head of a transport and logistics company for a Gazprom-linked company, was found dead in his swimming pool amid reports of foul play.
  17. Alexander Tyulakov, 61, a senior Gazprom financial and security official at deputy general director level, was discovered by his lover the day after war started in Ukraine in February. His neck was in a noose in his £500,000 home in the elite Leninsky gated housing development, yet multiple reports claim his body had been badly beaten...
  18. That came just three weeks after Leonid Shulman, 60, head of transport at Gazprom Invest, was found dead with multiple stab wounds in a pool of blood on his bathroom floor in the same gated housing community.
  19. Billionaire Alexander Subbotin, 43, also linked to Kremlin-friendly energy giant Lukoil where he was a top manager, was found dead in May.
  20. And in April, wealthy Vladislav Avayev, 51, a former Kremlin official closely linked to Russian financial institution Gazprombank, appeared to have taken his own life after killing his wife Yelena, 47, and daughter, 13.
  21. Several days later multimillionaire Sergey Protosenya, 55, was found hanged in Spain, with his wife Natalia, 53, and their teenage daughter, Maria, found dead from stab wounds.
  22. A week prior Yevgeny Palant, 47, and his wife Olga, 50, both Ukrainian-born, were found by their daughter Polina, 20, having suffered multiple stab wounds.
  23. Kristina Baikova, 28, an executive at Loko-Bank, allegedly fell from her 11th floor apartment on the Khodynsky Boulevard in the early hours of last Friday.
 
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'Go In Unnoticed And Inflict Damage': Ukrainians Train Drone Operators For Battle​


Drones have become a key tool in the battle for Ukraine with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides using them for surveillance, targeting, and attacks. RFE/RL joined a training session for drone operators in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region.

Ukrainian Tank Commander Recounts 'Three-Day Shoot-Out' To Liberate Donetsk Villages​


A Ukrainian tank unit played a key role in a recent counteroffensive operation that managed to recapture several villages in the Donetsk region. The tank crew claims to have advanced more than 6 kilometers along the Mokri Yaly River in the hotly contested region.

'Beaten To A Pulp': Ukrainian Volunteer Recounts Torture By Russian Troops​


Serhiy Pihar says he was beaten and electrocuted by Russian troops while in captivity. The Ukrainian man was detained by invading Russian forces in June 2022 after helping people evacuate from his village in Ukraine's Mykolayiv region.
 
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'Mines Everywhere': Ukrainian Drone Unit Recounts Battle To Retake Donetsk Village​


A Ukrainian drone commander recounts the fight to retake what he called "dead land" in Blahodatne, a village in the Donetsk region. The area was among the first gains of Ukraine's ongoing counteroffensive. Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko spoke with the soldiers about the battle.

Survivors Of Kakhovka Dam Breach Clean Up Devastating Flood Damage​


Residents from the village of Sadove in Ukraine’s Kherson region continue to dig in, cleaning up vast devastation as best they can without power or water. Floodwaters from the fatal June 6 breach of the Kakhovka dam have receded, but farms and homes remain filled with debris and rot.

Kid-Sized Body Armor Protects Ukrainian Orphans During Evacuation From Frontline Village​


Specially made body armor is being used to protect children being evacuated from villages near the front line in eastern Ukraine. Three orphans endured shelling by Russian forces until being relocated to Kyiv with their cousin, who has been acting as their guardian since their parents both died.
 
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Satellite photos, reports suggest Belarus building army camp for Wagner fighters​

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This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC and taken on Friday, June 30, 2023, shows apparent recent construction of tents at a former military base outside the Belarusian town of Osipovichi. As part of a deal to end a rebellion in Russia by Wagner Group mercenaries, Belarus’s president says he offered the fighters an abandoned military unit to set up camp and the leader of an exiled Belarusian guerrilla organization told The AP it is near Osipovichi. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

''Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus, with statements from a Belarusian guerrilla group and officials suggesting it may be used to house fighters from the Wagner mercenary group.

The images provided by Planet Labs PLC suggest that dozens of tents have been erected within the past two weeks at a former military base outside Osipovichi, a town 230 kilometres (142 miles) north of the Ukrainian border. A satellite photo taken on Jun. 15 shows no sign of the rows of white and green structures that are clearly visible in a later image, dated Jun. 30.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his fighters escaped prosecution and were offered refuge in Belarus last week after Minsk helped broker a deal to end what appeared to be an armed insurrection by the mercenary group. The abortive revolt saw Wagner troops capture a military headquarters in southern Russia and march hundreds of kilometres (miles) towards Moscow, seemingly unimpeded.''
 
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JUL 2, 2023
www.theguardian.com

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 495 of the invasion

Ukrainian and Russian troops both advancing in different areas amid ‘fierce fighting’, says Kyiv; Biden to visit UK and Finland on Nato summit trip
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  • Ukraine has said Russian troops are advancing in four areas in the east of the country amid “fierce fighting” but reports that Kyiv’s forces are moving forward in the south. Russian troops were advancing near Avdiivka, Mariinka, Lyman and Svatove, said the deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar. “Fierce fighting is going on everywhere,” she wrote on social media on Sunday. Russian accounts said Moscow’s forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near villages ringing Bakhmut and in areas farther south, including the strategic hilltop town of Vuhledar.
  • The US president, Joe Biden, will travel to Europe in a week for a three-nation trip, including a Nato summit, focused on reinforcing the international coalition backing Ukraine amid its counteroffensive against Russia. Biden is set to depart on Sunday 9 July for Britain and then head to Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, for the meeting of Nato leaders, followed by a one-day visit to Helsinki for talks with his Nordic counterparts, the White House has said.
  • A top Russian propagandist has accused Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin of going “off the rails” after receiving billions in public funds, as Moscow’s new narrative takes shape after Wagner’s brief mutiny. “Prigozhin has gone off the rails because of big money,” Dmitry Kiselev, one of the main faces of the Russian propaganda machine, said on his weekly television show on Sunday. Prigozhin led his forces in a short-lived rebellion against Russia’s top military brass just over a week ago in a major embarrassment for the Kremlin.
  • Four civilians were injured by Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson, the prosecutor general’s office said on Sunday, including two in a direct hit on a high-rise building. Russian forces fired on the residential area from the occupied east bank of the Dnipro River, also reportedly damaging civilian infrastructure.
  • Award-winning Ukrainian writer and war crimes researcher Victoria Amelina, 37, has died after being wounded in a Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk, the freedom of expression group PEN has said. The attack last Tuesday destroyed the Ria Pizza restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city, killing another 12 people, including four children, and wounding dozens.
  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy paid tribute in Odesa to those serving in the navy on Ukrainian Navy Day on Sunday in a video posted on Twitter. The Ukrainian president said: “The enemy will in no way dictate its terms in the Black Sea.”
  • Two British peers were among 50 people who attended a party organised by the Russian ambassador to the UK at his residence in west London last month to mark the creation of a Russia independent of the Soviet Union. The Conservative Lord Balfe and crossbencher Lord Skidelsky attended the event at which the Russian envoy, Andrei Kelin, spoke and sought to justify the invasion of Ukraine, according to the Sunday Times.
  • Yevgeny Prigozhin’s media holding company is to shut down, the director of one of its outlets said. Patriot Media, whose most prominent outlet was the RIA FAN news site, had taken a strongly nationalist, pro-Kremlin editorial line while also providing positive coverage of Prigozhin and his Wagner group.
  • Poland will send 500 police officers to its border with Belarus, Poland’s interior minister, Mariusz Kamiński, has said. Warsaw earlier announced a tightening of security because of concerns over the Wagner group’s presence in Belarus.
  • Energy giants TotalEnergies and Shell have defended activities linked to Russia after a critical report into their trading in natural gas despite the war in Ukraine. The campaign group Global Witness said TotalEnergies was the third-biggest player in Russian liquified natural gas last year and Shell the fourth, behind two Russian companies. Both companies said on Sunday they were tied to ongoing contracts despite pulling out of Russian partnerships after Ukraine was invaded last year.
  • Russia has cancelled its 2023 Maks international airshow, probably over security concerns after recent uncrewed aerial vehicle attacks inside the country, according to the UK Ministry of Defence’s latest intelligence report.
 
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JUL 2, 2023
www.forbes.com

Ukrainian Engineers Are Recovering The 25 Vehicles Ukraine Lost In A Russian Minefield, Starting With An American-Made M-2

Ukrainian forces have advanced far enough along the axis from Mala Tokmachka through Robotyne to Tokmak that it’s safe for recovery teams to work.
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The Ukrainian army has begun recovering some of the roughly 25 Western-made tanks, fighting vehicles and engineering vehicles it lost while trying to cross a minefield south of Mala Tokmachka on June 8.

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The 47th Brigade on June 8 abandoned at least 17 of its 99 M-2s plus three of its six Leopard 2Rs mineclearing tanks. The Leopard 2Rs and a Wisent mineclearer, the latter apparently belonging to the 33rd Brigade, were trying to clear lanes through potentially hundreds of 21-pound TM-62 anti-tank mines for the M-2s and some of the 33rd’s 14 Leopard 2A6s when something went wrong.

It’s possible the mineclearing tanks missed a few too many mines, triggering explosions that wrecked many of the lead vehicles and caused a pileup behind them that made the rest of the battlegroup an easy target for Russian artillery and helicopters.

In any event, the 33rd-47th battlegroup retreated with their wounded and dead. The brigades remained in the fight despite each losing around a fifth of their best vehicles. As Ukraine’s counteroffensive ground on along several sectors in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts, the 33rd and 47th ultimately found some way through or around the Mala Tokmachka minefield.

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Expect Ukrainian forces to tow away and fix many of the damaged vehicles. While the United States recently pledged to Ukraine an additional 50 M-2s in order to make good recent losses, the Ukrainians as a matter of custom refuse to waste vehicles.

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