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Inside Wagner's 'human wave' death squads: Insider reveals the details of horrifying tactics that see convicts sent to their doom in groups of eight after being shown deserters being executed on video
The Daily Mail ^ | 04 Feb 2023 | James Reynolds

Posted on 02/04/2023 8:28:42 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

Wagner Group is a Russian paramilitary organisation, first deployed in the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and now a private extension of the Russian army in Ukraine with close ties to Putin.

The source told the outlet how squadrons of prisoner conscripts are sent in waves over and over, leapfrogging to move the front line slightly closer to the enemy while Russian artillery continues to explode overhead.

The source said: 'Sometimes there is an order not to wait for the shelling to end - the 'Musicians' [Wagner recruits] are so disciplined that they will go anyway because they stand a fighting chance of surviving.'

MailOnline previously reported on the 'human wave' tactics of the Russian army and Wagner Group, filmed during the intense fighting for Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine at the end of last year.

Russian attacks have become increasingly desperate in recent months as Putin looks to secure a big win after months in deadlock.

Nihilistic pushes, reminiscent of Britain's WWI experience of the Somme, result in huge casualties for both Ukraine and the invading Russians, who have increasingly buffered the invasion forces with a shield of former convicts.

The insider source, likely from within Wagner Group, told Russian Criminal that groups of eight advance in waves.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Russia
KEYWORDS: anonymoussource; bakhmut; bidenteamnews; blueandyellowpompoms; bridgeforsale; insidersource; tabloiddotspam; takeittothebank; wagner; yellowjournalism
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1 posted on 02/04/2023 8:28:42 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Are their charges accompanied with the blast of an alpenhorn?


2 posted on 02/04/2023 8:31:13 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
These are likely going to be the first to rebel and mutiny.
3 posted on 02/04/2023 8:34:13 AM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wish we could do that with our convicts.


4 posted on 02/04/2023 8:34:17 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Wish we could do that with our convicts.

Russia is a gulag nation.

5 posted on 02/04/2023 8:35:19 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Daily Mail is always good for a laugh!
this one is hilarious.
Did they forget to include the part about climbing over each others dead bodies to storm a city? or eating dog since the Rus don’t feed them? get serious , this is bogus propaganda.


6 posted on 02/04/2023 8:36:37 AM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: BenLurkin

>> Wish we could do that with our convicts

Pragmatism is but one of your endearing qualities, Ben. :-)


7 posted on 02/04/2023 8:38:44 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: CarolinaReaganFan
this is bogus propaganda

Life is different in the West. The Russians treat their troops as cannon fodder. Nothing new for them.

8 posted on 02/04/2023 8:41:40 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

And, yet, they keep advancing, taking ground and smashing the best Ukrainian units.

Soon, Bakhmut is gonna fall. One of the most heavily defended places on earth and with it, the Ukrainian occupation of the Donbas.


9 posted on 02/04/2023 8:42:49 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: MinorityRepublican

to be read with “a grain of salt!” Other news from Europe and Asia reports suggest an slow but orderly Russian advance following artillery barrages. Our American media and the Brits have been not just biased, but engaged in story fabrication. They have become quite good at it.


10 posted on 02/04/2023 8:45:05 AM PST by elpadre (nd )
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To: MinorityRepublican

This reads like some kind of war porn fan fiction. No real source but lots of gruesome detail. The Daily Mail has some talented propagandists.


11 posted on 02/04/2023 8:46:53 AM PST by Venkman
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This is nonsensical propaganda. The Wagner group are highly paid experienced mercenaries. Even the Russians won’t waste soldiers in frontal banzai style attacks. However it is virtually impossible to hide on a modern battlefield if your opponent is equipped with even now rudimentary devices that can locate and target.


12 posted on 02/04/2023 8:47:59 AM PST by allendale
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—> The Daily Mail has some talented propagandists.

FanFiction for Zeepers!


13 posted on 02/04/2023 8:49:15 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just had a flash thought of the Russia admirers and the woman in love with the serial killer.

At least the woman knows he’s a killer. The Russophiles can’t bear to hear anything negative about their chosen paradise.

Very similar though, wanting to believe someone ruthless to the point of mass murder is desirable.

I picture them having the Wagner group over for dinner, it wouldn’t end well.


14 posted on 02/04/2023 8:52:09 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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let me guess, they have 1 rifle to every 2 men and 5 rounds of ammo. a commissar stands behind them with a burp gun ready to kill anyone who doesn’t charge the ukrainian machine gun nest.
this is such blatant propaganda BS


15 posted on 02/04/2023 9:02:10 AM PST by Jeff Vader ( )
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they have 1 rifle to every 2 men and 5 rounds of ammo. a commissar stands behind them with a burp gun ready to kill anyone who doesn’t charge the ukrainian machine gun nest.

"FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!" 🇷🇺

16 posted on 02/04/2023 9:04:48 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Russia is a gulag nation.

This may make a dent in your fantasy bubble.

UK arrested 3300 people for social media "hate speech" in 2022

17 posted on 02/04/2023 9:07:54 AM PST by PGR88 (, )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Deep into your Daily Male, you will find what you are looking for.


18 posted on 02/04/2023 9:08:52 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Jeff Chandler

yeah, a 120mm horn


19 posted on 02/04/2023 9:15:27 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: allendale

Prison inmates are highly skilled mercenaries?


20 posted on 02/04/2023 9:34:58 AM PST by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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