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Breaking News: Wagner Takes Over Southern Military District HQ

Nadin Brzezinski
4 min readJun 24, 2023

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Wagner troops, Rostov on Done, The building across is the HQ for the Southern Military District

We are back to updates. Will try to stay up as long as possible. This just crossed, as a Wagner column seems to be moving towards Moscow:

In the Voronezh region, helicopters of the Ministry of Defense attacked at least two vehicles from the column of PMC Wagner

https://t.me/vchkogpu/39388

Channels controlled by the PMC Wagner claim that Gerasimov “escaped from the Rostov headquarters along with people loyal to him” and “is holed up in a civilian apartment with his friends in Rostov.”

This is dramatic. Wagner Forces have taken over the headquarters of the Southern Military district in the city of Rostov on Don. For reference, the map of Russia’s military districts.

There are a few things to understand about this HQ. It is where the war in Ukraine is run from. It also is the central rear area logistics node for…

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Nadin Brzezinski
Nadin Brzezinski

Written by Nadin Brzezinski

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB

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