cesmonkey

I'm enjoying reading some of the more caustic reflections from some of the Russian telegram bloggers. Below is a sample, Google-translated: https://t.me/aleksandr_skif/2747 https://t.me/voenacher/47334 https://t.me/lomovkaa/32111 https://t.me/mig41/27212 https://t.me/starover1/218

Sounds like our leading politicians in the U.S. need to do a better job of explaining why helping Ukraine is important. https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2023/06/poll-many-americans-support-ukraine-though-some-are-divided-aid/387881/ https://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan-institute/centers/freedom-democracy/reagan-institute-summer-survey/

Have either Shoigu or Gerasimov been heard from since the deal with Prigozhin was announced? What we see or hear from either of them will say a lot about what has been agreed to.

Another War on the Rocks episode. Recorded before the Wagner rebellion got serious:

Google Maps traffic shows the road closure leading out of Rostov-On-Don. Try it yourself.

Dmitri translated it:

This channel says: https://t.me/sotaproject/61468 I assume that's the statement in this audio file? Anyone care to translate? https://t.me/concordgroup_official/1291

https://t.me/rusbrief_moscow/11061

Russia's Channel One https://www.1tv.ru/news/issue/2023-06-24/01:25 Special Newscast at 01:25 today, June 24, 2023 I guess that newscast already started by now? Someone want to translate? https://www.1tv.ru/news/issue/2023-06-24/01:25#1

You're not the only one that noticed. Here is the pro-Wagner telegram channel Grey Zone https://t.me/grey_zone/19268

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-23-23/index.html

Translation from the home page of tass.ru:

Someone want to translate this video? https://t.me/sashakots/40560 Appeal of the First Deputy Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vladimir Stepanovich Alekseev, to the fighters of the PMC Wagner.

I've seen posts from it forwarded from other Russian bloggers before. You can follow along here: https://t.me/s/dontstopwar/

The Russian Ministry of Defense responds: https://t.me/mod_russia/27801

Another Kofman interview: https://www.cnas.org/publications/podcast/the-battlefield-landscape-in-ukraine-with-mike-kofman-and-konrad-muzyka

A Russian telegrammer confirms that they have losses: https://t.me/rosgvardeez/2844

This was the evidence that the writer of that blog pointed to: https://defence-blog.com/russian-ka-52-helicopter-sufferers-excessive-vibration/

Kofman talks with the Kyiv Independent:

https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/boycott/

Interesting interview: