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Mark Krutov

@kromark

Oct 5, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

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https://twitter.com/kromark/status/1574707928313270272

In an weird twist this guy, whose name I think now can be revealed (Sergey Surkov) drops with yet another complaints and allegations against their commanders and organizers of the Russian mobilization. Says they're "somewhere in Belgorod region". t.me/insiderUKR/428…

https://twitter.com/kromark/status/1574707928313270272

There are some other videos too from the spot: soldiers complain that they have no food, weapons are old and stuff. t.me/rybar/39798

I didn't geolocate it yet, but wherever it's filmed it starts to smell like a staged story now a little bit for me (TBC)

The video was posted on and being reposted by pro-Wagner channels, which matches Prigozhin's "Fire Shojgu" narrative (t.me/rsotmdivision/…). Also some Wagner patches are visible on it. Nearly all "poor mobiks" on the video wear balaclavas

(I think patches are just a kind of Prigozhin's "Easter egg" here). The guy also makes a weird claim they've all (he says 500 people) got COVID on that train.

Here's Rybar's video with the Wagner patches filmed at the same location t.me/rybar/39798

@merr1k

Video can be geolocated here: 50.44419° N, 38.30003° E (h/t @merr1k), other sources confirm it's Livenka, Belgirod region. t.me/agentstvonews/…

Russian MoD makes ridiculous claim that these guys headed to Mulino for training. If they departed from Moscow to Belgorod and then for training to Mulino, their route would look like this:

(And I say "departed from Moscow" because same "Sergey Surkov" posted his 1st complaints video from there 2 week ago).

There's still plenty to investigate, I leave some space for "it's all for real" theory, just shared my concerns and will continue to look into this story.

Just noticed one more Wagner associated patch on one of the men in balaclavas. After watching this video for several times I clearly see the group of 8-10 people hiding their faces and better equipped than others.

@mediazzzona

Great recap of the whole story by @mediazzzona. We dug together all day, but didn't find evidence of Prigozhin's direct involvement. The fact though is "Putin's cook" and his media channels jumped heavily on the stories about poor mobilization management. zona.media/article/2022/1…

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