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. t.me/rsotmdivision/…
A Russian Telegram channel confirms that there was a strike on a Wagner position in Popasna likely by HIMARS. 3/ t.me/voenkorKotenok…
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/ t.me/mig41/19927
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/ t.me/vchkogpu/32101
The same channel says Wagner fighters told them Progozhin is alive. 8/ t.me/vchkogpu/32105
Another Russian account is saying that his sources say Prigozhin is alive. 9/ t.me/voenkorKotenok…
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/ t.me/ok_spn/20665
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/ t.me/rsotmdivision/…
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"A senior Ukrainian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the operation, said that an elite Ukrainian military unit operating behind enemy lines was responsible for the blasts." 2/ nytimes.com/live/2022/08/1…
Another video of the Russian ammo depot in Maiske, Crimea that was targeted today. 2/ t.me/bazabazon/12804
The Director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugaev said that Russia exported more than $14 billion worth of arms in 2021. t.me/rian_ru/174453
Shugaev also claimed that Russia's arms export portfolio has reached $57 billion after signing $16 billion worth of contracts so far in 2022. I would bet this includes many contracts that will never be executed. 2/ ria.ru/20220815/kontr…
He also said that there are a number of cases of countries reexporting Russian arms to Ukraine in violation of the terms of the contracts, most notably the deliveries of Mi-17V-5 helicopters purchased for Afghanistan. 3/ ria.ru/20220815/verto…
Army 2022 thread. Rostec video of the new Planshet-M-IR artillery control system by High-Precision Systems that will be based in Atlet MRAPs. It will be able to communicate with UAVs and artillery crews to streamline the killchain. t.me/rostecru/4445 ria.ru/20220812/artil…
It looks like the Black Sea Fleet's 43rd Naval Attack Aviation Regiment lost more than half of the aircraft in its Su-24M/MR squadron and nearly half of its Su-30SM squadron.