Source about #Wagner tactics.

1) The most experienced and well-equipped assault group goes first - 8 people, each with Shmel. Whatever happens, the group must reach the firefight. After contact the group digs in. Digging is taught no less meticulously than warfare, so by military standards digging in is almost instantaneous and very effective. The area the group has reached is marked (a rag on a tree or something similar). Even if the group is annihilated, the next group knows the position. The main task is to make fire contact, dig in and transfer position data to the artillery.

2) Artillery can work from one hour to several hours. And here is the first reason for the recent conflict with the army: if there are not enough shells then lives of assault team are wasted for nothing. Right now there is shortage of shells, and because of this the first groups almost do not survive. Losses in the first group have always been inevitable, but now the survival rate has fallen to critical values, and there are problems with replacements.

3) Next - the second group of 8 people but lighter equipped, their task is to take positions immediately after artillery ended working (or sometimes even before it does). Usually 4 waves * 8 fighters are prepared for the attack. But in Soledar there were cases when 14 waves were required to take one section. Of course, someone survived but losses for only one section exceeded 100 people.

4) The groups have drone operators to lead the entire group into enemy positions for mopping-up.

This tactic is basically the only possible to achieve results in such conditions. In Soledar the line of defense was cleverly built over the years, the army command has neither the ability nor the desire to advance there, this is why the task was handed over to Wagner.

From the outside, it may seem that it is not a good idea to deliberately go for such a high losses percentage, but look differently: even 4 waves of 8 people each - in the worst case 32 people will die. But throw a regiment there - they will lose much more and not complete the task. In percentage terms they will lose less, but in absolute terms more. Therefore, over 50% losses per attack are not bad if result is achieved.

Now there is shortage of people for assault groups and shells. And if the artillery is destroyed by enemy fire, assault groups will not be called back, they will have to manage without artillery.

Musicians have their own training of crazy intensity. And the newcomers from prisons are very disciplined: first they are shown videos of executions, then they see examples in real life, and they get very disciplined fast.

Russian MOD reported capturing Soledar, obviously without mentioning #Wagner:

"In the evening of 12 January, the city of Soledar, that is of great importance for continuing successful offensive operations in Donetsk direction, was liberated. The establishment of full control of Soledar allows to block the supply routes of Ukrainian forces in the city of Bakhmut/Artyomovsk, located to the southwest, as well as to block and to pocket the units of the AFU that still remain there.

The capture of Soledar became possible due to constant fire attacks launched at the enemy by Ground-Attack and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces. Concentrated attacks were uninterruptedly launched at AFU positions in the city, impeding the redeployment of reserve forces, ordnance supplies, as well as the enemy's attempts to redeploy to other defensive lines. Airborne Troops carried out a covert manoeuvre from other direction, attacked AFU positions on the move, took the dominating heights, and blocked the northern and southern limits of the city."


Prigozhin's comment:

You know, I'm not really worried about the actions of the United States, because, of course, this is a serious adversary, but at the moment not a key one. Significant damage to PMC "Wagner" can be caused by our intra-species struggle, corruption, bureaucracy and officials who want to keep their positions. This is a more serious threat to the existence of Wagner PMC. For example, in recent years, the media has been actively working to ban the phrase "PMC Wagner ", do not say it out loud and avoid it in every possible way.

They constantly try to steal victory from Wagner PMC and talk about the presence of someone who is not clear, just to belittle their merits. Therefore, I take this opportunity to appeal to all those who appreciate the work of Wagner PMC. I ask you to support the guys who are having a hard time at the front, and in the comments to mention that they are and they do their hard work so that the Russian people can sleep peacefully.

By trying to steal the glory of Wagner for taking Soledar with ONLY Wagner troops, the RF MOD has humiliated itself. Again. Those who failed to give Wagner HEROES credit for their legendary victory in Soledar UNTIL THEY WERE FORCED TO BY INDEPENDENT MEDIA REQUESTS FOR "CLARIFICATION" FROM RF MOD, should be sent to clean toilets in Wagner barracks, which would be closer to the Front than they have ever been. The reason why Wagner is so powerful and capable as a military force is as obvious as it is indisputable - because many, if not most, of their best soldiers are veterans of the LDPR Army. MANY of the Comrades I served with in 2014, 2015 and 2017 in VOSTOK, EoT and XAH Spetsnaz are now soldiers in Wagner. I stand with them. Always.

Due to the requests from the mass media regarding the composition and participation of various units of the Russian Group of Forces in the liberation of Soledar (Donetsk People's Republic) from the Armed Force of Ukraine, it is necessary to clarify the following.

◽️ A combined-arms grouping of Russian troops (forces) carried out the offensive operations in this tactical direction that resulted in the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the seizure of Soledar in accordance with a single concept and plan that stipulated a number of combat missions.

◽️These missions included, as previously reported, blocking the town from the north and south, isolating the area of operations, preventing the enemy from moving reserves into the town from neighbouring areas, and preventing the withdrawal of the AFU units from Soledar, as well as fire support of the offensive by ground-attack aircraft and artillery.

◽️ As for the assault on the urban areas of Soledar occupied by the AFU, this combat mission was successfully accomplished by the courageous and selfless actions of the volunteer assault units of the Wagner private military company.

@mod_russia_en

Real scumbags. Parasites, scum of the Earth. 🤡💩

While the Wagner group was storming Soledar Ukrainian patriots were storming Courchevel.

A tray of champagne worth €20,000.

💥Source: Дмитрий Никотин
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN

🇺🇦 Zelenskyy has not supported Zaluzhnyy's request to withdraw troops from Bakhmut (Artemovsk)

The Kiev authorities are demanding that the General Staff throw in new reserves and prepare defences from the north.

Hitler also once decided to take command in the war against the USSR, and we all remember what that led to.

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He sure got that one right!

🇷🇺 General Sobolev: Gerasimov's first task is to move the front line away from Russia

State Duma deputy and General Sobolev believes Gerasimov's first important task as commander of the Special Military Operation is to push the front line far enough so that the Ukrainian armed forces can no longer shell Donetsk and other major cities of the DPR and LPR.

The task is reasonable, resources are available, so be it.

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Leave it to Wagner Heroes to go on a suicide mission, AND LIVE!

💢 Ukrainian Telegram loses it, claims Russian fighters in Ukrainian uniforms penetrated far behind enemy lines and killed Ukrainian officers

PMC "Wagner" in Ukrainian pixel camouflage with yellow and green armbands penetrated the positions of the 17th tank brigade through holes in the defense and reached the battalion's command post, where they shot officers and soldiers with pistols with silencers.

@NewResistance

We confirm that a lot of new equipment has been delivered to the front recently, including T-90M tanks. The spring is fully compressed... 👊🏻⚡️💥
#news #vozvengeance

​​БРОНЯ КРЕПКА
В последнее время в зону проведения специальной операции поступает все больше танков Т-90М, которые активно применяются на передней линии и зарекомендовали себя с самой лучшей стороны.
Согласно отзывам, поступающим с передовой, "девяностые" показали себя высокоэффективной машиной, способной поражать бронетехнику противника на больших дистанциях, при этом комбинированная защита танков выдерживает попадания всех видов противотанковых ракет, включая разрекламированный на Западе ПТРК Javelin.

В настоящее время конвейер УВЗ по выпуску новых танков, а также модернизации старых, работает в круглосуточном режиме. Предыдущую партию танков предприятие отправило в войска в 20-х числах декабря и вот уже новая партия бронетехники передана русской армии. Количество техники в партии не сообщается, в пресс-службе УВЗ уточнили, что успешно завершен очередной контракт на поставку танков Т-90М "Прорыв", техника отправлена в войска. Подчеркивается, что боевые машины собираются с учетом опыта применения танков в спецоперации и пожеланий танкистов.

Мы подтверждаем, что последние время на фронт поступило очень много новой техники, включая танки Т-90М.
Пружина сжалась полностью...
#новости #vozмездие

С паразитами, которые получают сверхприбыли, обдирая население республик Донбасса, предоставляя дерьмовые товары и услуги по цене, превышающей цену на то же самое в России более чем в два раза, необходимо бороться. Это воры, такие же враги нашего народа, как Зеленский или "Правый сектор". Администрации и ЛДНР, и РФ ОБЯЗАНЫ защищать своих граждан от скальперов, паразитов и военных спекулянтов. Иначе люди начнут задумываться, а не сами ли администраторы этим занимаются.

The parasites who make super profits by ripping off the people of the Donbass Republics by providing shitty products and services at MORE THAN DOUBLE THE PRICE for the same in Russia must be dealt with. They are thieves, every bit as much the enemy of our people as Zelensky or Pravy Sektor. The Administrations of both the LDPR and RF have an OBLIGATION to protect their citizens from scalpers, parasites and war profiteers. Otherwise people will start to wonder if the administrators are the ones doing it themselves. 🤡💩

Written by my good friend from Donetsk. He was one of the active participants in the Russian Spring in the DPR. Then he lived in Moscow for a long time and sometimes comes to Donetsk. Complained about the work of the local mobile operator Phoenix. Tried to buy their sim card. Queues are occupied since 5 am. You can look at the photo. Most of the visitors are military. By the way, this is the answer to a question about the occasion in Makiivka. The military does not use Russian cards. The military immediately switch to local SIM cards. The reason is that Russian SIM cards have roaming for calls at a "wild" rate.
The Internet on the local operator Phoenix is bad. They try to correspond and call up via instant messengers where there is Wi-Fi.

One point of issue of SIM cards, one girl at the checkout and one manager, while in another part of the office there are 4-5 girls working with legal entities. A friend asked why so many. They said that while the Russian Federation has not entered, we urgently conclude contracts.

Now the Phoenix connection more or less works on the territory of the DPR, you can call numbers from other regions and operators, although such calls are charged as for far abroad.

Just for understanding. Big roaming is fabulous money. I once cited figures from open sources, due to roaming, local Crimean operators for several years on visiting Russians collect an amount equal to the cost of the Crimean bridge. And in the case of a monopoly, everything becomes even sweeter for the local operator.

As they say, nothing personal - just business. Did someone push through the decision on the monopoly of this operator on the territory of the republic? Who is the owner? Why does he get such benefits, because Phoenix is the former Kyivstar. Phoenix got the equipment for the most part for free. And yes, the situation in the LPR is no better.

Price of 0.5 liter Tundra vodka in Rostov December 27th.