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Wagner with nukes? Russian senior officials flee to St. Petersburg [1]

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Date: 2023-06-24  

Wagner with nukes? What could possibly go wrong?

Atesh, a partisan movement of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars that claims to have ensnared many agents within the Russian Army into its ranks, claims that the PCM Wagner, engaged in an armed rebellion against the Russian authorities, is preparing to seize nuclear weapons depots in Voronezh Oblast.

Citing its agent from the Wagner PMC, Atesh writes that Wagner’s advance units have reached the outskirts of Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast. The city hosts a warehouse with nuclear weapons, also known as “375 Object ‘C'” under the 12th Chief Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

“It is unlikely that the Russian Army will be able to defend the depot on their own. There are very few forces and means there. A significant number of tanks, artillery, and motorized professional infantry are required. At least a brigade is needed. And since no troops are available right now, the only way to get reinforcements is to remove operational reserves from the front. Fighting for the Voronezh nuclear depot will probably lead to increased escalation of hostilities between the PMC and the Russian Ministry of Defense,” Atesh writes.

This message corroborates reports from the Gulagu.net human rights project, which stated, citing its sources, that the Wagner mutiny was planned as an armed insurrection at least from the fall of 2022, and that Wagner plans to seize 12 objects of Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Gulagu.net claims that the enigmatic Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin is responsible for this part of the armed mutiny.

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