A video 18 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaeDMOWkCwU
According to Girkin 644 KIA
https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/962411040322605056
The important info in this WaPo article is:
The reports indicated an increased tempo of communications between Prigozhin and Kremlin officials during the same period, including Putin chief of staff Anton Vayno and deputy chief of staff Vladimir Ostrovenko, but the content of those talks is not known. The communications continued until Feb. 5 and resumed the day after the attack.
U.S. Special Forces at the base and overhead reconnaissance had seen the attack force mobilizing west of the river at least a week before the attack, according to Mattis and Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command. They notified the Russians at that time and warned that the base would defend itself. Asked in a briefing with reporters last week to characterize the conversations, Harrigian said only that they “remained professional.”
On the night of the attack, Mattis said, “the Russians profess that they were not aware when we called about that force that had crossed, and it came closer. They were notified when the firing began,” and the Americans were told “there were no Russians there.”
When the attackers, using tanks and artillery, began firing in their direction, Harrigian said, the Americans struck back.
As is the normal case in Russia a lot of rumors are floating around that someone (no names) in Kreml betrayed Wagner etc. For sure Russia has lost many of their special forces. Bombing hospitals and civilians is one thing but attacking forces that can fight back is something else.