(#) Prigozhin apparently stopped to greet people as he was leaving the city

​(#) Great thread from my colleague (who is an actual Russia expert) on the current situation and future ramifications.
Samuel Bendett: 1/ A few quick thoughts about Prigozhin's seemingly momentous "March of 10,000" that was stopped today. These are very preliminary thoughts, and much can change in the coming days as this situation settles down one way or another. nytimes.com/live/2023/06/2…

(#) Definitely something indicative about the general Russian populace’s feelings for the Russian government and especially the MOD/Army as the people of Rostov cheer and celebrate Wagner as they leave.

(#) And just a reminder, Wagner managed to down 7 Russian aircraft today.
OSINTtechnical: Fighterbomber reports that Russian forces have lost 6 helicopters (3x Mi-8mtpr, 1x Mi-8, 1x Ka-52, 1x Mi-35) and 1 fixed wing asset (IL-22M) so far today.

t.me/fighter_bomber…

(#) Wagner, and especially Prigozhin, agree with the invasion, they object to the way that the Russian Army (more specifically senior leadership) handled it. Their view is compatible with most of the pro-war base in Russia. The big change over the last 24 hours is that they objected to Putin as well.

(#) Switching back to eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian counterbattery fire continues to be extremely effective.

In the center of Donetsk city, Ukrainian forces from the 110th Mechanized Brigade hit a trio of Russian Bm-21 Grads with drone-spotted counterbattery fire.

(#) And another strike on a lone Grad in Zemlianky

(#) Outside of Staromaiorske, on the Velyka Novosilka axis, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian MT-LB, causing a catastrophic detonation of the ammunition it was carrying.

(#) Roadside Ukrainian HIMARS salvo

(#) Akhmat showed up in Moscow late last night, and went to a secondary bridge over the Oka River at Kolomna to do a photo shoot.
Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ: Anyone notice how once again Akhmat didn't actually fight?

(#) Wagner announced it was standing down officially roughly at 20:20 local (Moscow time) sunset was 21:18 in Moscow last night, placing the filming of this video roughly 1-2 hours after Wagner announced it was standing down.

(#) Quick head count, roughly 20 guys.

(#) Marinka, a Ukrainian FPV loitering munition hits a disabled Russian BTR-82, setting off the ammunition.

(#) Now confirmed, Wagner forces managed to down the Russian IL-22M airborne command post RA-75917 yesterday.