From Oleg Tsarev today -

"Prigozhin was promised to be given weapons and ammunition, to cover the flanks, and Surovikin was singled out as responsible from the Defense Ministry for PMCs.

The best solution is if the PMC completely liberates Artyomovsk. Finish what he started.

I read that some accused Prigozhin of sending PMC fighters into attacks without artillery support, and because of this, many guys die. Others accused him of trying to leave the front line in wartime. They say war is war. There is an order to storm without shells, which means he must storm. But think about it, the easiest way out of the situation is to give PMCs shells. Then the task will be completed, and the losses will be minimal.

I hope this ends. PMC will receive shells. Russia will receive Artyomovsk."

I (Texas) would add, about those above who say "war is war, attack without shells" are most certainly cowards and hypocrites who have never been anywhere near a war. When I was a soldier on the Front, many times I said and heard from other soldiers, "We are ready to die if we must, but not for a stupid reason." A LOT of good men have died in the SMO for stupid reasons, and while the _promise_ of proper support for Wagner is encouraging, it's just bullshit until it actually happens, and until those who caused deaths for stupid reasons are held responsible (and they haven't been yet) good men will keep dying for stupid reasons.

Пригожину пообещали дать вооружение и боеприпасы, прикрыть фланги и выделяют Суровикина как ответственного от МО за ЧВК.

Самое лучшее решение, если ЧВК освободит полностью Артёмовск. Завершит то, за что взялся.

Читал, что одни обвиняли Пригожина, что он отправляет бойцов ЧВК в атаки без поддержки артиллерии, и из-за этого много ребят гибнет. Другие обвиняли его в том, что он в военное время пытается оставить линию фронта. Мол война есть война. Есть приказ штурмовать без снарядов, значит должен штурмовать. Но ведь вдумайтесь, самый простой выход из ситуации —это дать ЧВК снаряды. Тогда и задача будет выполнена, и потери будут минимальные.

Надеюсь, этим все и кончится. ЧВК получит снаряды. Россия получит Артёмовск.

Россия - страна вечной славы и чести,
Великая Родина нашей любви.
Мы, предков своих благодарные дети,
Надёжно связали с ней мысли свои.

Отчизну в наследство нам всем передали,
Умножить смогли чтоб заслуги её.
Повсюду такие бескрайние дали
И ими владеть подошёл наш черёд.

Будь сильной, могучей родная Россия,
В обиду тебя ни за что не дадим.
Народы в пределах твоих как стихия,
Любого врага с нею мы сокрушим.

Россия - то наши душа и богатство,
Россия - людей настоящих оплот...
#творчество #vozмездие

Full text of Prilepin's letter.

Greetings to all the family. A man who was very close to me, one who was my guardian angel for eight years, is dead. Sasha "Evil" Shubin. Fearless soldier, friend and brother.
I've just been given my phone back. There is some confusion in the media. Sasha was on the right, in the passenger seat. I was driving. The explosion happened under his wheel.
I lost consciousness for about three minutes, woke up and crawled to the broken windshield. The villagers who ran up helped me out. Both my legs were broken (one had an open fracture) and more wounds were there.
"Lenta. Ru wrote that I was not conscious of what was happening. I did not notice them at that place. In fact, I asked someone to fetch me the phone from the car and immediately gave all the orders, because everything was clear as soon as I woke up. Then a neighbour gave me an anaesthetic.
Thanks to Gleb Sergeyevich Nikitin for sending a helicopter straight away. It was three hours from there to the city and I'm not really sure I wold arrive alive. The helicopter flew here in 16 minutes.
Already here I was told there were two mines. But  apparently the guy got scared and ran away right after the first one exploded. If he'd detonated the second one, everyone would have died.
Police caught him.
I actually dropped my daughter off five minutes before the explosion.
Shariy got it all wrong in his video. He shows pictures of houses which are not from my village. You could have buried ten mines in that place at night: there are no windows over there.
Thanks to everyone who prayed for me, because it was impossible to survive such an explosion.
Thanks to Prigozhin, Medvedev, Zakharova, Simonyan, Mironov, Boyakov, all the soldiers and officers of Oplot, the brothers of the war correspondents for immediately responding. They gave me this information, I have not seen any other.
Thanks to the whole family, I can hear you and feel everything you say.
Thank you Sanechka, you saved my life several times during these 8 years.
I don't know  right now which words to say to you, Sanya.
Sanya and I were just starting to build a chapel in our village.
I'll finish it. It will be in honor of St. Alexander.
I'm telling those demons, you're not scaring anybody.
There is a God.
We will win.

Chasov Yar is about 10 Km from last ukrop positions in Bakmut. Looks like the ammo is getting delivered...

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡ A powerful artillery strike on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chasov Yar

There is information that artillery of all calibers is actively working on the positions of the 112th, 127th and 241st territorial defense brigades, the 228th troop battalion, as well as on the positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Chasov Yar in the Bogdanovka area and the Valianovka railway station .

According to reports from the field, a number of shells and rockets are being used that no one has seen in the area before.