Was Prigogine at the headquarters? What is known about the effects of the Armed Forces on the basis of Wagner PVC in Popasna, whose location is "drained" of propagandist of the Russian Federation
Mironovskaya, 12 in the occupied Popasna militants of Wagner PVC organized their headquarters, opened Russian propagandist Sergey Sereda. Former employee of the Russian newspaper and TV channel Russia 1, Wednesday since 2014 has repeatedly arrived on the territory of Ukraine occupied by Russian troops, and also conducted the propaganda coverage of the RFU's campaign of Syria. In 2020, he published a book as a war, calling himself a "military correspondent" of the publishing house argument.
On August 8, Sergei Sereda published a post in his telegram (now deleted): “He came to Popasna, and came to the Wagner ChVK headquarters. Met as native. They told some funny stories. " Several photos of Wednesday and the Wagnets were added to the publication near a residential high -rise building in Popasna, where militants probably organized their headquarters. Two of these photos showed a sign with the address - about the location of the "nearest shelter" on the street. Mironovskaya, 12.
Radio Liberty later reported that the Wednesday assured that he had published these photos with the consent of the Wagner PVC fighters themselves, but deleted this publication. On August 14, it became known that the Armed Forces of Ukraine probably struck the headquarters of the Wagner PVC in Popasna. Reporting this, journalists Denis Kazansky and Andriy Tsaplienko emphasized that his location was "lit" by Wednesday.
“The place of deployment of the Wagnets was burned by a Russian-degenerate war, which posted her photos in his telegram. Then with the mercenaries there was another "funny story" that they love so much. Now, from the rubble, killed and wounded criminals, who were recruited in the Wagner PEC from Russian prisons, and the military of the Alexander Kotz is awarded to the military [another Russian propagandist. Ed. ], ”Kazansky wrote, publishing photos of the consequences of the impact.
He suggested that the impact was taken from HIMARS, and published screenshots with criticism against Wednesday of Russian telegrams. The same photos were published in the Wagnets' headquarters in the headquarters of the Wagnerivtsi. Some of them write about the "victims of Russian mess and disorder. " In others, they traditionally try to diminish the scope of the impact, but recognize "several wounded" and at least one dead.
On August 15, the fact of the Armed Forces strike on the base in Popasna was confirmed by the head of Lugansk Ova Sergei Gaidai. “Wagnerivka was killed in Popasna. […] The Armed Forces were successfully worked on an enemy headquarters, on which one of the representatives of the media of the Russian Federation. This time, yesterday in Popasna, where the Wagner headquarters was broken down. The death toll is clarified, ”Gaidai said.
Meanwhile, international investigators, comparing the photos of Sergiy Wednesday and the consequences of the Armed Forces, confirm that it is the same object. Radio Liberty drew attention to satellite images, pointing to the location of the five -storey building on 12 Mironovskaya Street near the recognizable series of garages.
Radio Svoboda journalist Mark Krutov also tried to verify a video that is spreading on a network where a local resident responds emotionally to the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces in the probable Wagner PVC headquarters. “That you all escape from our land. So, on ** and, guys. Glory to Ukraine!" - says a resident of the occupied Popasna, who removed how the Russians transfer the bodies of wounded or dead Wagner.
Krutov noted that along with the five -storey building in Mironovskaya there is a stadium, the gate of which was visible in video. According to the journalist, the author of the video stood at the garages at Mironovskaya, 8. Yevgeny Prigogin is a Russian oligarch, who is called "Putin's cook".
Prigogine is controlled not only by the catering business that serves banquets with the participation of the Russian dictator and food of the Russian army, but also the largest Russian "Troll Factory", but also by Wagner PEC. According to Bellingcat, The Insider and Der Spiegel investigations, Prigogine operations are closely linked to the Russian Defense Ministry and Russian intelligence (GRU).
Due to his participation in the war with Ukraine and the European Union, sanctions against Prigoin (Washington also included his wife, two children and three companies as well as sanctions). Ukrainian intelligence believes that explosions in the Olenivtsi colony - an actual terrorist attack against Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Azov Regiment - was carried out by mercenaries from the Wagner PVC (League) on the personal instruction of Prigogine.
In addition, the Putin's chef is actively involved in a recruiting campaign in Russia, which Moscow conducts in an attempt to compensate for the losses of the Russian Army in Ukraine. In early August 2022, the Russian Media Red Portal reported that "a man with a star of the Russian hero, similar to Yevgeny Prigogine", spent a "recruitment tour" in colonies for former security officers and strict regime institutions in the Russian Federation.
The oligarch suggested that prisoners participate in the war in Ukraine in the PEC - in exchange for pardon, conviction, passport of the Russian Federation and cash payments (100 thousand rubles per month, 5 million families - in case of death). Mediazon was told in colonies of Tula and Yaroslavl regions. And in April 2022, Yevgeny Prigogin appeared in a joint photo with the State Duma deputy from one Russia Vitaliy Milonov.
In the photo of them in camouflage was removed against the background of the building of school # 2 in the occupied Pervomaisk Lugansk region. In the end, in recent photos from the Wagner Staff in Popasna, which was published by Russian propagandist Sergei Sereda, you can see a person similar to Yevgeny Prigogine. This fact was not confirmed, but Russian publications began to actively comment on it.
One of them wrote directly that Prigogine was allegedly at the PVC headquarters in Popasna before the Armed Forces, in the other military propagandist of the Russian Federation Yuriy Kotenok stated that he "did not confirm" information about the death of Prigogine after the defeat of the headquarters.
However, the Ukrainian journalist Andriy Tsaplienko wrote that "several racist war -propagandists report that contact with Yevgeny Prigogin cannot establish from the moment of strike of the Armed Forces on the headquarters of" Wagnerivtsi "in the occupied Popasna Luhansk region. " In this context, several independent investigative journalists were reminded of the passion of the Russian oligarch for mysterious and called on critical to such information.
In 2021, Radio Svoboda even published an investigation into the demonstrative visits of the "double" of Prigogine in Lithuania. "Remembering how Prigogine loves trolling and what sums he was always ready to descend, and what great efforts he is ready to put, I still have some doubts about what really happened," - the founder of the investigative project CONFLICT INTELLIGENCE TEAM Ruslan Leviev wrote.
He expressed the opinion that "even the most pro -Russian military warriors know about the ban on the removal of military objects, location, know about the possibility of arriving on coordinates. " "And here they are posing near the headquarters, and even with someone like Prigogine?" - Leviev expressed doubt. As a possible explanation of such actions, he voiced the probable attempt of the Wagnerians to "lure Himars" and hit in response, after which "to receive the heroes of Russia.
" “Well, will the Armed Forces spend on the murder of Prigogine and Wagner executives several GMLRS? Most likely. Great, Wednesday, come here, let's fit at the plate with the address, now we will put them and hit them in response, ”Leviev's possible script described. The Bellingcat investigator Arik Toler also suggested that the story with a clear publication of the staff's photo seems "too comfortable and obvious.