Fighting at the front: Zaporozhye volunteers thwarted an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to gain a foothold on the near lines

Fighting in the Pyatikhatki area in the Vasilyevsky district continues, but now it has taken on a predominantly positional character.
Sighting — adjustment — shot. The D-30 howitzer destroys heavy equipment and enemy positions. Volunteer detachments of the battalion named after Sudoplatov, who signed a contract with the RF Ministry of Defence, give a worthy rebuff to the militants in the area of the village of Pyatikhatki.

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FSB (Russian Security Service) special operation: purchase of radioactive cesium for use in the Special Military Operation zone and discrediting the Russian Army was stopped

The FSB reported on an important, successfully conducted special operation: five people were detained who tried to purchase 1 kg of a radioactive substance for $ 3.5 million.

In the future, it was supposed to be used to create a "dirty bomb".

Further, they wanted to use it in the SMO zone to discredit the Russian Army.

“The FSB of the Russian Federation, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, caught red-handed (while illegally acquiring a radioactive substance with the aim of smuggling it out of the Russian Federation) five members of an organized criminal group operating under the coordination of a citizen of Ukraine.
According to the data obtained during the investigation, the criminal group, acting in the interests of a foreign customer, took steps to acquire, bypassing legal prohibitions and restrictions, 1 kg of the cesium-137 isotope for $3.5 million in order to smuggle the radioactive substance from the Russian Federation abroad to be used to the detriment of Russian interests during the SMO, to conduct an information and propaganda campaign to discredit the country in the international arena by organizing staged scenes of the use of weapons of mass destruction,” the Centre for Public Relations (CSO) of the FSB of Russia reported.

A criminal case has been initiated under the articles “Illegal handling of radioactive substances” and “Preparation for smuggling of radioactive substances”.

The suspects were taken into custody and confessed.

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Ukraine may be preparing a nuclear provocation: the authorities have deployed headquarters and will conduct exercises in case of an explosion at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant

▪️In the coming days, exercises will begin with road closures and the deployment of sanitary checkpoints, where radiation will be checked. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that all citizens who wish to leave the territory of a possible defeat will be provided with appropriate transport.
▪️Before that, Zelensky spoke with a statement about a possible attempt to blow up the station, and the Ministry of Health explained to Ukrainians the rules of conduct and what they need to have with them in case of a nuclear accident.
❗️ The Kiev regime is actively dispersing the panic around a possible undermining of the ZNPP, which is very similar to preparing a large-scale provocation.

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Another region of Ukraine called on all conscripts aged 18-59 to come to the draft board without a summons

The military registration and enlistment office of the Chernihiv region — following the Kiev Obolon and Ivano-Frankivsk — stated that "according to the presidential decree on general mobilization", all citizens from 18 to 59 years old who are registered with the military are required to appear at the local conscription offices to clarify the military credentials and their suitability for military service.

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Sorry, America. India will never be your ally.

By Barkha Dutt for the Washington Post
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These days, New Delhi similarly refuses to toe the American line on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. India’s import of cheap Russian oil continues to break records. Anyone who wants to see Indian leaders stand up and publicly assail the Kremlin — one of their main suppliers of weaponry and a valuable source of raw materials — is in for a long wait.

India has criticized the U.S. decision to block Iranian and Venezuelan oil from the open market. The government in New Delhi has actively worked to bring Iran into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a multilateral forum created by Russia and China in 2001. In May, India hosted the SCO foreign ministers amid border tensions with China and continuing antagonism with Pakistan. A fortnight later, unapologetic about the seeming contradiction, Modi and President Biden were hugging and laughing for the cameras at a meeting of the Quad, a loose security partnership that also includes Australia and Japan.
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Former President Obama defended his response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 on Thursday, saying that circumstances were different then compared to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine last year.

“Ukraine of that time was not the Ukraine that we’re talking about today,” Obama said in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday “There’s a reason there was not an armed invasion of Crimea, because Crimea was full of a lot of Russian speakers and there was some sympathy to the views that Russia was representing.”
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Western allies did not provide Ukraine with any material support to fight Russia, or object to the annexation beyond economic or diplomatic means, the former president argued.

Instead, Russia claimed Crimea as a rightful part of the country given that a majority of the population in the region was ethnically Russian and spoke Russian, a view that had some understanding in Europe, Obama said.

“Part of what happened was, both myself and also [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel, who I give enormous credit for, had to pull in a lot of other Europeans kicking and screaming to impose the sanctions that we did and to prevent Putin from continuing through the Donbass and through the rest of Ukraine,” he added.
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“This is not a counteroffensive – this is a bloody crash test,” the German Handelsblatt writes on the cover with a characteristic caricature.

With the help of satire, the German media try to explain that it is forbidden to speak openly.

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The Australian authorities decided to cancel the lease agreement for the construction of the Russian Embassy. However, the land was occupied by a Russian diplomat-squatter. He installed a mobile home on the site and has been living there for several days. The police cannot evict him: he has diplomatic immunity. @freerussiafoundation
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The Pentagon believes that cluster munitions would be useful for Ukraine to counter Russian forces — Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper.

"And Agent Orange is a good thing. And napalm. I really love the smell of napalm in the morning," the Pentagon representative added dreamily

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"There will be no presidential elections in Ukraine until the end of hostilities", — Zelensky.

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All messages and video footage distributed on social networks on behalf of E. Prigozhin about the alleged “strike by the RF Ministry of Defence on the rear camps of PMC Wagner” do not correspond to reality and are an informational provocation.

▫️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to carry out combat missions on the line of contact with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the special military operation.

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A rather important fact slipped through today's report of the Russian Ministry of Defence: four 9M79M missiles of the Tochka-U complex were shot down at once. And this means that the allies of Ukraine apparently were able to find their new stock somewhere. Most likely from Bulgaria.

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The public conflict between the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, apparently, is nearing its end

Today, Prigozhin published a frank interview in which he voiced many things that are not customary to talk about in a public environment: about the reasons for the special operation, the troubled affairs of officials, indulging the needs of the oligarchy, profiting from the troubles of Donbass and the collapse of the Russian army.

In this entire interview, specific culprits appear — Shoigu and Gerasimov, whom Prigozhin has been openly blaming for all the problems for the past two months, and Medvedchuk, who has been written off.

An hour ago, Prigozhin announced a strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the rear camp of the Wagner PMC (video is on the Web, the cameraman is following the same route, as the military reporter Alexander Simonov). We have questions about the video: despite the preliminary confirmation of the facts of setting tasks for planning a fire attack on the objects of the Wagner PMC, the video itself does not pull on one hundred percent proof and is, with a high degree of probability, staged.

According to Prigozhin, the council of PMC commanders decided to "figure out why chaos is happening in the country." He demanded from law enforcement agencies not to obstruct, because "it's time to end the disgrace." Prigozhin's stated goal is to deal with Shoigu, who, in his words, "fled from Rostov."

According to the head of the PMC, he has 25,000 fighters behind him. He called on all those who are not indifferent to join his fight. After restoring order, Prigozhin promised to return to the front.

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Let's digress a bit. Here RIA Novosti showed such an epic. A French 155-mm Caesar wheeled self-propelled gun moving at high speed dodges the Lancet, but falls into a ditch. Then there she is finished off by the second "Lancet".

Footage from RIA Novosti

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Appeal of the Deputy Commander of the Joint Group of Forces, General of the Army Sergei Surovikin, to the leadership, commanders and fighters of the Wagner PMC:

▫️ “I have just arrived by order of the leadership of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation from the front line, from the front line, where our troops, our commanders, our soldiers, our fighters, volunteers are performing a task, fighting the enemy to the death, with superior enemy forces, suffering losses, but they stand their ground.

▫️ I appeal to the leadership, to the commanders and fighters of the Wagner PMC. Together with you, we have passed a difficult difficult path, we fought together with you, took risks, suffered losses, we won together. We are of the same blood, we are warriors.

▫️ I urge you to stop. The enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen in our country. It is impossible to play into the hands of the enemy in this difficult time for the country.

▫️ Before it’s too late, and what needs to be done is to obey the will and order of the popularly elected President of the Russian Federation, stop the columns, return them to their permanent deployment points and areas of concentration, solve all problems only peacefully under the leadership of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation".

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March of Justice by Prigozhin: what is known by 09.30

Detachments of PMC "Wagner" during the night entered the Rostov region, blockaded Rostov-on-Don, cordoned off the building of the headquarters of the Southern Military District, where the headquarters of the United Group of Forces is located.

Shoigu and Gerasimov, who, according to Prigozhin, are followed by Wagner PMC, are not in Rostov. Columns of PMCs continue to move towards Moscow. But Prigogine said that his forces would remain in Rostov until the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defence arrived for the talks. In the frame, he is talking to Shoigu's deputy Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and the first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev.

In the meantime, a counter-terrorist operation regime was officially introduced in the capital and the Moscow region (which formally began two days ago in connection with the opening of the underground network of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine).

In the Voronezh region, a helicopter was shot down, which, according to Prigozhin, attacked PMCs and buses with personnel.

Vladimir Putin's appeal is expected.

Update:
Despite the blockade of the headquarters of the Southern Military District and the M4 highway, where checkpoints are now set up, as well as the occupation of the airfield in the Rostov region, the work of the military command and control agencies and troops has not been paralyzed.
Soldiers and officers from the field report that the situation is calm, everyone at the headquarters is working as usual.

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Vladimir Putin's address: main points

▪️ Putin spoke with the commanders of all directions at night.

▪️ Putin called Prigozhin’s actions a “criminal adventure” and a “military rebellion”, as well as a “stab in the back to our country and our people.” He drew a parallel with the times of the First World War — then this led to the loss of vast territories and the tragedy of the civil war.

▪️ Today, the unity of all forces and consolidation is required, all strife that the enemy can take advantage of must be thrown aside.

▪️“What we are facing is personal betrayal and treason”.

▪️Putin called the fighters of PMC "Wagner" heroes, but at the same time he said that they were being pushed to treason, betrayal and rebellion.

▪️What is happening is a blow to Russia and the Russian people.

▪️Everyone who deliberately embarked on the path of betrayal will suffer inevitable punishment to the fullest extent of the law.

▪️All law enforcement agencies received appropriate instructions.

▪️"As President of Russia and Supreme Commander-in-Chief, as a citizen of Russia, I will do everything to stop the rebellion."

▪️Putin never mentioned the names of Prigozhin or Shoigu. Speaks streamlined about those who "organized" everything that happens.

The appeal of the Supreme Commander came out both harsh and strange. Despite the clearly drawn parallels with the First World War and the harshness — nevertheless, Putin declared the need to ensure the integrity of the country and neutralize those who organized the rebellion — there are a lot of subtle points in the message.

For example, PMCs are recognized as heroes and patriots of the country, who were tricked into rebellion. For some unknown reason, Prigozhin's name is not mentioned. Putin emphasizes that he spoke with the commanders of the directions, and not with the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff.

It seems that at the moment there is a deliberate emphasis on the fact that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief has a dialogue with commanders on the ground, he appreciates the feat of PMCs, but at the same time defiantly ignores the participants in the conflict — Prigozhin and Shoigu.

Where this will lead in the future, time will tell.
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Planned combat work continues at the headquarters of the group of troops in Rostov-on-Don: the blocking of the headquarters building by PMCs did not affect the course of the special military operation.

There are no Wagner representatives in the combat command and control group, command and control of troops in the NVO zone is under the control of the RF Armed Forces.

Army General Sergei Surovikin and Colonel General Alexei Kim are at their workplace, and Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff, is also at work.

The only thing is that Shoigu and Gerasimov are not at the headquarters of the Southern Military District — yes. But this is well known.

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Despite the spreading of panic reports about the battles in Rostov-on-Don by Ukrainian resources and the opposition, a single photo speaks of the real state of affairs in the city.

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"March of justice" PMC "Wagner" to Moscow
what is known as of 15.00

Columns of PMC "Wagner" passed the village of Yelets in the Lipetsk region. Information about the total number of vehicles and personnel in the columns varies — someone talks about 150 pieces of equipment, someone — about 400 units in four separate columns.

▪️From Yelets to Moscow, 340 kilometres in a straight line, without taking into account the terrain and roadblocks. The main checkpoints and positions of law enforcement agencies are located near the bridge across the Oka at the entrances to Moscow and on the M4 highway.

▪️Individual speakers and individuals either declare in the media about the need to introduce martial law, or they refute themselves. Roskomnadzor’s statements do not add clarity: despite interruptions in the work of Telegram, the RKN (RosKomNadzor — Russian Controlling and Regulating organisation) declares that there are no blockings. But at the same time, they make clarifications that this is possible in the areas of the CTO (Counter Terrorism Operation), which now includes Moscow.

▪️ PMC detachments did not enter Voronezh itself — some moved to a detour through the east of the region, and some along the bypass road. Footage of the Ka-52 operating with the "Vikhr" complexes using the PMC technique appeared on the Web, but it is not known exactly when the incident occurred.

▪️At the entrance to Rostov-on-Don, Chechen detachments "Akhmat" were seen, which were sent to disperse the rebels. The work of the headquarters of the Southern Military District continues as usual: PMC detachments blocked only the approaches to it and demanded that local residents not come closer than 2 km to the building. An explosive package was used to disperse the crowds, several warning shots were fired into the air.

▪️PMC detachments blocked the entrance to the city from Taganrog.

▪️There were no more new statements from the Kremlin or the Russian Ministry of Defence on the current situation.

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