24 Jun: RUSSIANS SET RECORD AIRCRAFT LOSSES DUE TO MUTINY | War in Ukraine Explained

✅ Support me by checking out my sponsor! ✅ Grab Atlas VPN for just $ 4 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the four hundred and eighty sixth day of the war. Day 486: Jun 24 The Wagner rebellion continued, and Prigozhin gradually consolidated control over the captured territories. If yesterday, Wagner forces just crossed the border of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in multiple places and took control over the military objects in the Rostov region, then today, the Wagner forces reached the doorstep of Moscow. The rebellion started and developed so rapidly that many people seriously consider whether it is just a big show to distract the Ukrainians from their counteroffensive operation. However, today the Head of Ukrainian Intelligence, Budanov, confirmed that the internal Russian armed conflict is real and that removing the Russian Ministry of Defense is a matter of survival for Prigozhin. Today Prigozhin released a video where he showed the captured headquarters of the Southern Military District. He effectively took captive the Russian commanders, who were not allowed to leave, and said that he would set everyone free only in exchange for Shoigu and Gerasimov. In order to increase the leverage, Prigozhin moved further and also captured the airfield and several villages east of the city, and started reinforcing the flanks while moving towards Moscow. Putin gave a speech to address the situation, and despite the fact that Prigozhin claimed to be acting in the best Putin’s interests, Putin did not support Prigozhin’s actions. Putin called it a stab in the back that threatened to break Russia just like it happened in 1917, which is why he ordered all special detachments to suppress the rebellion. He gave the Wagner soldiers the last chance to surrender and said that whoever remains will answer before the nation. Shortly, Russian forces started using their assault helicopters and fighter jets to bomb Wagner columns. Prigozhin said that Russian Air Force disregarded the fact that there were more civilian cars than Wagner cars and that the pilots had terrible accuracy because everyone who could shoot was already on the front. Still, some bombs managed to hit the trucks on the road. One helicopter also blew up an oil depot in the Voroniezh region, which by that time was also captured by the Wagner forces. Wagner forces responded reciprocally and started shooting down Russian aviation. The widely circulated footage confirms that Wagner forces managed to shoot down multiple aerial objects, including 1 assault helicopter Ka-52, 1 multi-purpose helicopter Mi-8, 3 Electric Warfare helicopters, 1 transport helicopter, and 1 aerial command point plane IL-18. Soon, Russian forces started bombing the occupied military headquarters in Rostov. Wagner forces responded by reinforcing air defense in the region and asking the civilians to evacuate from the area. Russian forces also tried to block the roads with trucks to complicate the movement of the Wagner forces, however, Wagners just moved them to the side of the road. Sometimes, Russian soldiers on the block posts did not welcome Wagner forces warmly, and there were violent confrontations. In general, Russian forces failed to provide reasonable resistance, and Wagner forces developed a presence not only in the Rostov and Voronezh regions but also Kursk, Oriol, Lipetsk, Tambov, and Tula regions, reaching the doorstep of the Moscow region. Here the situation became more complicated as the Russians blocked all bridges. Simultaneously, the Chechen units entered the Rostov region to strike Wagner’s flanks. The conflict was about to escalate, and after putting all cards on the table, the parties decided to try to negotiate. The President of Belarus, Lukashenko, volunteered to mediate the negotiation, in part because he has been a close friend of both Putin and Prigozhin for more than 20 years. Suddenly, Prigozhin announced that he was withdrawing. Russian officials stated that the charges on Prigozhin and participating Wagner soldiers were dropped. It looks like the Russian Ministry of Defense evaluated the situation and understood that they had no chance and fulfilled all of Prigozhin’s demands, more precisely, the removal of Shoigu and Gerasimov. Even though Russian officials stated that no changed to the structure of the Ministry of Defense were discussed during the negotiation process, no one in the media space believes that. It is expected that in order to avoid the escalation, Putin will remove the highest officials in the Russian Ministry of Defense over the course of around 2 months. Even though the turmoil inside the Russian Ministry of Defense is not explicit, it is happening, and the chaos inside the Russian War Machine creates very favorable conditions for the Ukrainians.