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Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.

Aug 14, 2022, 12 tweets

Looks like Wagner sustained casualties in Popasna. Notably, photos were published a few days ago showing Yevgeny Prigozhin at a building in the city, which some dubbed as Wagner’s headquarters.
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A Russian Telegram channel confirms that there was a strike on a Wagner position in Popasna likely by HIMARS. 3/
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Apparently, the same building where these photos were taken was struck. Incredibly bad opsec this far into the war if true, particularly in a location well within the range of HIMARS. 4/
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Another Russian Telegram channel says that the people he knows who work for Prigozhin say that haven’t seen him since he went to the front. “Everyone is in a mild panic.” 7/
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The same channel says Wagner fighters told them Progozhin is alive. 8/
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Another Russian account is saying that his sources say Prigozhin is alive. 9/
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Another Russian Telegram channel says sarcastically that the accounts sharing geo-locatable photos of Wagner positions in Popasna are acting as honorary artillery observers for the Ukrainian military. 10/
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The account that shared the photos of Prigozhin in Popasna has deleted them. 11/

Russian Channels are sharing photos of Prigozhin with Wagner veteran and Hero of Russia Andrey Bogatov though it is unclear when they were actually taken. 12/
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