Mikhail Zhakov, a participant in the Battle of Kursk, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, laid flowers at the monument in honour of the victory on the Kursk Bulge

He is now 101 years old, he is led by his great-granddaughter

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➡️ "Military reporter Kotenok":

Ukrainian Nazis fired at the Bryansk region for the first time with cluster munitions.

Pogarsky and Klimovsky districts were shelled. The day before, 18 such shells were fired at them. In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked on Russian territory from the Grad MLRS.

➡️ "Military reporter 🅉 Medvedev":

Bryansk region shelled with cluster munitions. The very ones that were supposed to be used exclusively for defence. Like all other Western weapons. Now we are talking about the Nazis' dreams of airplanes and another nonsense, assurances that they will not be used against the civilian population. Of course, we believe it, yeah.

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Source: Shooting at Cape Tarkhankut (the westernmost point of Crimea) — unidentified people on boats opened fire on a campsite with sleeping people. Previously, it could be a Ukrainian sabotage group. The area introduced the plan "Fortress"

The first sounds of shooting were heard at about 3:50 am at the Olenevka Village campsite in the village of Olenevka. Eyewitnesses say that there were shots, presumably from RPGs. When people woke up and left the houses and tents on the beach, they saw two rubber boats not far from the shore. There were 10 unknowns in them. One of them fired at the campsite. But he hit only once, after which the group disappeared.

From the point where the shooting took place, to the Ukrainian Ochakov, about 140 kilometers by water. By speedboat — 3-4 hours. According to one version, it could be an attempt to arrange a "show with the Ukrainian flag in the Crimea" for the present day of Ukraine's independence.

No harm done.

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Source: Four boats with Ukrainian saboteurs were destroyed near Cape Tarkhankut in the west of Crimea. Russian security forces eliminated the DRG at sea at about four in the morning. Members of this group previously opened fire on a campsite with people in Olenevka.

According to preliminary data, about 15-20 saboteurs were liquidated in total.

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An excerpt from an interview where Evgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry "Wagner" Utkin (voiceover) discuss the inevitable:

— "Death is not the end, it's just the beginning of something else," says Wagner
— "We're all going to Hell, but in Hell we'll be the best," summarises Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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About the landing of Ukrainian DRGs on Tarkhankut and the consequences of false reports

At night, from two to four high-speed boats landed in the Olenevka area on Cape Tarkhankut, conducted demonstrative firing from a grenade launcher at the camera and departed back, from where they went to Burlacha Balka.

This is the second incident in the Cape area in the past few days. Only recently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a combined attack, as a result of which the S-300 air defence system was destroyed, and now they have already landed on the shore.

🔻 The activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the Crimean peninsula is becoming increasingly high. Claims about the destruction of four boats are, of course, good, but false reports make us turn a blind eye to the existing gaps in the defence.

It is not without reason that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been probing the soil near the Crimea for several weeks, looking for loopholes for the landing operation for which the British were preparing them. And Tarkhankut is the most convenient place for this kind of action.

🔻The coastline of the cape is almost flush with the sea, which makes it ideal for approaching small boats. And if now it was just a showy sortie, then what prevented them from climbing the hill and hitting a military facility there?

The fact that Ukrainian formations are planning operations in Crimea is already a fact. And in this case, instead of rosy reports, it is more expedient to do everything possible to stop such activity. Especially in places with a large concentration of civilians.

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Map — English version

Ukrainian saboteurs landed in the Crimea and immediately rushed off

▪️The end of the video of the DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which in impenetrable darkness hung a flag on a wooden house in a campsite in the west of Crimea and urgently rushed off, shooting towards civilians.
▪️"We are already in the Crimea" — one of the militants said in a whisper with caution, then a quick photo for PR and ran back to the sea. The "photo-special operation" lasted 3 minutes on land.
▪️It is reported that our fighters eventually covered 4 boats with fire, 15-20 fighters were killed.

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The civilian population suffers from the use of cluster munitions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

As the head of the surgical department of a separate medical battalion of the Russian 58th combined-arms army, Valentin, told RIA Novosti, Ukrainian troops use NATO ammunition to shell residential areas.

Also, civilians who suffered as a result of the shelling of the HIMARS MLRS regularly turn to doctors.

Rockets scatter steel balls, which are highly penetrating.

Cluster munitions inflict more severe wounds, simultaneously hitting the stomach, head and limbs at once.

Earlier, the White House authorized the transfer of 155 mm cluster shells to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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This is what the territory near the Wagner Centre in St. Petersburg looks like now, where people carried flowers and candles, flags of Russia and the Wagner Group, as well as the famous attribute of the "musicians" a sledgehammer all night.

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For our American comrades (and not only them)
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The last "Ride of the Valkyries" — what is the future of Prigozhin's empire

Last night, many people on both sides of the ocean breathed a sigh of relief, and some opened champagne. Others sincerely mourned and refused to believe what had happened. The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin became a predictable and expected event — he was a desirable target for all intelligence agencies in the world, as well as for many personal enemies. He constantly tested death for strength even where it was unnecessary for people of his status: he recorded stand-ups under shelling, travelled to the red zone, personally negotiated with representatives of the darkest organizations and structures, from which he could easily not return alive.

But at the same time, the security measures around the businessman and the head of the Wagner PMC have always been exemplary, so at first I didn’t believe in what had happened and I wanted to find another Prigozhin media manoeuvre in this. So it was in Popasnaya, when he used himself as bait and provoked a strike on the former headquarters of the "Wagnerites" in order to "catch" the Himars rocket for research.

The exact sequence of events will be established by the investigation, but for now it is known that the fatal flight completed the chain of movements of Prigozhin after a week-long and very successful business trip to Africa, in which he and his team travelled around several countries, held a series of negotiations and was very optimistic.

However, he always retained irony, considering himself capable of recovering from any fall. Prigozhin called the tragedy in Khsham on February 8, 2018 the first truly difficult moment — it became sudden and paralyzing news to him. But it was necessary to act: “The first is to take out the three hundredths, the second is to bury the two hundredths, and then it somehow went on, it became clear that life goes on,” Prigozhin himself said.

Even the loss of all assets and the death itself, the head of the PMC "Wagner" did not consider something worthy of regret. He told how once in Libya he and his commanders were driving through the desert, lost their way, got lost and stumbled upon a military jeep stuck in the sand. Several skeletons sat in it, one of which continued to hold the steering wheel. They were blown by a hot wind, blowing scraps of fabric. The picture delighted Prigogine — he considered such a death ideal: at speed, in a military vehicle, in the middle of an endless desert, after being hit by Bayraktar, for example.

He invented the phrase about “the best in hell” himself and hated it when someone looked for good in him — he wanted to look as infernal as possible and considered himself a manifestation of pure evil. Although Prigozhin admitted that in his cynicism and military ingenuity he is far from the commander of the Wagner PMC Dmitry Utkin.

In the event of his death, which Prigogine was firmly convinced of, he had long ago prepared a plan of action for both his military and business and political assets. The businessman, in his own words, broke up with his wife a couple of years ago, although he maintained normal relations with her, and Pavel Prigozhin was supposed to take over his father's affairs.

As for the "musicians", Dmitry Utkin was supposed to lead them. "Plan C" was also envisaged, according to which events developed in reality — "Wagner" also died. In this case, power should pass to the council of PMC commanders under the leadership of Anton Elizarov, Lotus. According to some reports, he himself is now in Africa. Perhaps this is due to the long silence of the council of commanders, which was supposed to issue a statement, but so far no comments have been made from the fighters. According to sources in the company, no decisions have been made yet, and all areas continue to work as usual. A well-built system is waiting for its new leader — or the announcement of dissolution.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin about the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigogine:

"First of all, I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of all the victims... I would like to note that these are people who have made a significant contribution to our common cause of fighting the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine. We remember this, we know and will not forget. Prigozhin, I knew him for a very long time, from the beginning of the 90s, and he achieved the results he needed for himself, and when I asked him about it for a common cause, as in these last months, he was a talented person, a talented businessman, he worked not only in our country and with results, but also abroad in Africa... The head of the Investigative Committee reported to me about this this morning, they have already begun a preliminary investigation of this incident, and it will be carried out in full
and completed."

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Cluster submunition in the yard and broken windows — in the footage of the aftermath of the Ukrainian strike on residential buildings in Donetsk

Readovka military reporter Maxim Dolgov visited the site of the morning strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the private sector in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Local residents said they were forced to hide in basements. They showed the consequences of shelling with NATO-type cluster munitions. One of them landed in the courtyard of the house and did not explode. Its detonation can occur at any time — from vibration or the first contact.

A resident of one of the damaged houses showed the consequences of the shelling. Windows were smashed in the building and the façade was damaged. There is also destruction in the yard. For the Armed Forces of Ukraine, attacking civilian infrastructure is in the order of things. Throughout the night, the militants shelled Donetsk, the dental building of the Central City Hospital and an apartment building were damaged.

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