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…
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
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.
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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Aftermath of the 2 Ukrainian strikes on Belbek airfield over 2 consecutive nights, as seen in a HR satellite image by @planet from May 16. At least several MiG-31s appear to be destroyed + a fuel depot (according to Wikimapia). Another scorch mark is visible at 44.6857, 33.5590.
Reference image in the video above is taken on May 1st, several planes changed their position since then, several are not seen on May 16 image. Still @planet May 16 HR image:
🧵/ link in the last post. We found a TikTok videos posted by a Russian woman who identified the American serviceman Gordon Black as her “husband.” He adored Trump, called NATO 'aggressive', finally lost his love and went to Russia to get her back. What could have gone wrong?
We watched dozens of videos posted by Vladivostok native Aleksandra Vashchuk, including at least one showing Black in his U.S. Army fatigues. She refers to Black as “my pindos,” a Russian slur word for Americans.
1/4 Aftermath of the Ukrainian drone strike on the Rosneft oil depot in Razdorovo, Smolensk Oblast, on Apr. 24th, as seen in a @planet satellite image captured this morning, on April 27th.
3/4 These attacks have become very annoying for Russia, prompting them to seek a solution such as covering the fuel tanks with the infamous 'mangals'. This is Slavyansk-na-Kubani oil refinery, which was attacked today, reports claim no serious damage incurred.
🧵Remember this guy? Artem Uss, son of a high-ranked Russian official, accused of smuggling military technology used in the invasion of Ukraine was facing extradition to the US – until he was sprung from house arrest and spirited back to Moscow in a successful escape plot.
Using materials provided by the Italian police and evidence filed by US prosecutors, my colleagues @mike_eckel and @maja_zivanovic reconstructed how Uss fled a gated community in suburban Milan, crossed three borders, and ended up flying home to Russia from Belgrade.
Italian prosecutors have implicated six people in the plot. 3 are in custody, awaiting extradition to the US. The other three remain at large. One of those even has been awarded a North Pole trip by Russia for helping Uss to escape. srbija.ru/news/15813-id
🧵'Go and have a blast. Tear out the gold teeth from corpses, loot and bring home whatever you want'. Together with @pustota, we found out that Dmitry Karavaichik, the 'Russian Walter White,' recently visited a prison to agitate convicts to sign contracts with the Russian MoD.
1/2 Together with @Maja_Zivanovic we found and old VK account of Muhammad Faizov, one of the alleged perpetrators of Moscow attack. Nothing points to any Ukraine connections, while lots of photos hint that he took part in the assault for a reason. archive.is/ufCd8
2/2 This photo was taken in Moscow near yet another large concert hall, Moscow House of Music (), and posted by Faizov back in 2016. For more details read here: maps.app.goo.gl/JrTKuacQ2sPo4p… t.me/radiosvoboda/5…
A VK account of yet another alleged perpetrator of attack, Shokhin Sofolzoda. He has the first one (Fayzov/Faizov) among friends, and his VK photos match those published by Russian TG accounts. archive.is/euWZn