The soldiers of the volunteer battalion "Potok" PMC "Gazprom" left their positions, exposing the flanks of the PMC "Wagner"

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The soldiers of the volunteer battalion "Potok" PMC "Gazprom" left their positions, exposing the flanks of the PMC "Wagner"

An unpleasant situation has developed on one of the flanks of the assault units of the Wagner PMC, which continue their offensive against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine both in Bakhmut itself and in its vicinity. According to the fighters of the "Orchestra", the volunteer battalion "Potok" from the new PMC "Gazprom", which covered the flank of the "musicians", left its positions, thereby allowing the enemy to recapture the hard-won positions.

According to one of the Wagnerites, this happened to the west of Bakhmut, where PMC stormtroopers drove the enemy out of forest plantations. Since the "Orchestra" continued its offensive, units of the "Potok" volunteer battalion from the so-called new PMC, formed as part of "Gazprom", entered the positions recaptured from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, the enemy launched a new attack, after which the Potok retreated, abandoning positions and weapon. At least that's what they say in PMC "Wagner".



The enemy is pulling up more and more reserves, 20-30 people per hour, work is being done around the clock. The neighbors who were on our flanks, the so-called DRO Potok, a Gazprom PMC, abandoned their positions in full force at night, threw down their weapons (...) and so the "blue stream" leaked

- said the "Wagnerian".

Thus, the "Potok" lost two positions, exposing the flank of the PMC "Wagner" and exposing the assault groups of the "Orchestra" under attack. As military commander Yevgeny Linin stated in his TG channel, Potok explained the retreat from positions by the fact that they are a voluntary unit that fights when it wants.

At the same time, a video message from the Potok battalion fighters appeared on the Web, who blamed the leadership of the departmental security of PJSC Gazprom, a certain Redut LLC and the leadership of the battalion for their troubles, which did not provide the personnel with the necessary weapons and artillery support. The fighters of the PMC "Wagner" also got it, who allegedly forbade the departure of the "Potok" from positions and the rotation of personnel. The appearance of a new PMC from Gazprom in the NVO zone was reported back in March of this year. It was assumed that the new company would stand on a par with the Wagner PMC and help the Orchestra in the Bakhmut direction.

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  1. UAZ 452 Rank
    UAZ 452
    +5
    April 25 2023 12: 45
    Now, probably, the planning of military operations will be approved by the board of directors of the relevant company. And if the operation is considered unprofitable, then it will be abandoned. Well, the state will hold tenders for the defense of a certain section of the front, and if the PMC retreats, they will demand through the court the return of the advance payment, and for offensive operations there will also be a tender. It’s interesting - will the RF Armed Forces participate in these competitive procedures on a general basis? Or will the FAS not allow them at all?
    Question: if such a surreal situation has ALREADY begun, how long will the Russian state last?
    1. saygon66 Rank
      saygon66
      +2
      April 25 2023 15: 28
      To claim that war is a non-commercial event means to deny the obvious... smile
  2. Alexander Zabela
    Alexander Zabela
    +1
    April 25 2023 13: 25
    Fighting is not trading gas left and right!
  3. Hadji Murat Rank
    Hadji Murat
    +4
    April 25 2023 14: 04
    We need people in the army, not Gazprom PMCs, there is Wagner, have you decided to repeat it? The copy will be worse than the original
  4. storm Rank
    storm
    0
    April 25 2023 14: 04
    Are there really few directions in the Donbass where GAZPROM PMC could be sent, for example near Avdeevka, let them establish interaction with the Marines, as Wagner organized this with the Airborne Forces.
    Everyone saw and understood how Wagner fought long ago, competently, professionally and courageously.

    We’ll see how PMC GAZPROM proves itself in a month or two, either it’s security guards contracted for 400 thousand/month to sit in the trenches, or it’s a worthy military unit that, having gained combat experience by participating in the military defense, will be able to adequately protect GAZPROM’S ASSETS and Russia’s interests from terrorists outside the Russian Federation and unscrupulous competitors.

    The fact that Wagner was prohibited from recruiting volunteers among prisoners is of course a “stab in the back,” but here the main role was rather played by the generals from the Federal Penitentiary Service, who were afraid to be left without a significant part of the contingent, which for them means a sharp decrease in financial flows allocated from the Russian budget....
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  6. Mikhail Ivanov Rank
    Mikhail Ivanov
    +2
    April 25 2023 15: 59
    I just now read this and fell off the couch - Gazprom had to provide something for someone... This is already laughing. Their pipes were blown up, they don’t know how to make a claim, and then they started to fight... Prigozhin’s patience.
    They used to say that Moscow is a city of contrasts, now it’s time to introduce the concept of St. Petersburg - a city of contrasts...
  7. Horn Rank
    Horn
    +3
    April 25 2023 16: 14
    Has at least one Gazprom initiative worked? Well, except for the fact that Miller's salary is more than the budget of some regional center in the Russian outback?
    1. UAZ 452 Rank
      UAZ 452
      +3
      April 25 2023 18: 14
      They cannot complete the construction of their skyscraper in St. Petersburg, although according to the original plans it should have opened several years ago.
  8. Horn Rank
    Horn
    +1
    April 25 2023 16: 18
    Quote: UAZ 452
    Now, probably, the planning of military operations will be approved by the board of directors of the relevant company. And if the operation is considered unprofitable, then it will be abandoned. Well, the state will hold tenders for the defense of a certain section of the front, and if the PMC retreats, they will demand through the court the return of the advance payment, and for offensive operations there will also be a tender. It’s interesting - will the RF Armed Forces participate in these competitive procedures on a general basis? Or will the FAS not allow them at all?
    Question: if such a surreal situation has ALREADY begun, how long will the Russian state last?

    I wonder if tenders for conducting offensive operations will be held under 44-FZ or 223-FZ? Gazprem with the participation of the state, after all?..
  9. Mikhail Ivanov Rank
    Mikhail Ivanov
    +1
    April 25 2023 16: 25
    Quote: Horn
    Has at least one Gazprom initiative worked?

    This is not what it was created for! Putin has a principle - large companies are easier to control. Therefore, a number of such organizations were created, not just Gazprom... And in any large structure, the main problem is management. By the time the order reached the right ears, the train had already left along with the ears... Now it’s like this everywhere in the country. In the Moscow Region they are looking for one and a half million sets of clothes a year, Rogozin cannot send the trampoline Mask, customs does not give the go-ahead, and so on, and so on everywhere. And not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but in the so-called Kasimov, the situation is the same.
    The most amazing thing is that at the same time we are also at war with half the world...
  10. Valery-010 Rank
    Valery-010
    0
    April 25 2023 18: 13
    After something like this, Miller, as an officer and a citizen, is obliged to shoot himself... but what am I talking about?
  11. duschman80-81 Rank
    duschman80-81
    +1
    April 25 2023 18: 18
    This is Gazprom's brainchild. They tried to do it like Wagner, but it turned out - "as always."
  12. Sheridan
    Sheridan
    0
    April 25 2023 19: 11
    Klutzes, incapable of even lying. Banderlog nonsense.
  13. Navy7981 Rank
    Navy7981
    0
    April 25 2023 23: 12
    If this is true, then we can say “helped”. It's probably too early to judge.
  14. Eugene Zaboy Rank
    Eugene Zaboy
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    April 25 2023 23: 29
    Maybe there was a reason to do this. If a professional unit is inserted into the battle formations of other troops, without appropriate training and coordination, with artillery and aviation, most likely, this is exactly the result that will happen. The question is not in the execution or non-execution of the order, but in the understanding, or feeling, of the senseless losses of the unit’s personnel. Has everything been done to prevent this from happening?
  15. 75 Sergey Rank
    75 Sergey
    +2
    April 26 2023 01: 49
    Are Prigozhin's laurels not letting Mueller sleep?
  16. Muromczev-2015
    Muromczev-2015
    +3
    April 26 2023 05: 06
    This is the result of making the army into some kind of rabble. Some PMCs, detachments of Cossacks, Akhmats, volunteers, non-volunteers, some support groups for something... The General Staff will soon be abolished, and everything will be decided by the council of field commanders... The army is unity of command and discipline. Dot.
  17. Igorash Rank
    Igorash
    +1
    April 26 2023 05: 25
    An updated political form of feudalism according to Putin... The creation of semi-bandit armed organizations not controlled by the state takes us back to the bandit 90s with full assistance from the state... What is this, complete helplessness of the authorities and the creation of conditions for the collapse of Russia?
    1. aakvit Rank
      aakvit
      -1
      April 26 2023 07: 41
      An updated political form of feudalism according to Putin...

      How about your Navalny?!
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    1. Oleg812spb Rank
      Oleg812spb
      +2
      April 26 2023 08: 41
      It’s more like a joke when a worm yells at a fisherman, like: “Man, what are you, ah...l?! I almost got eaten there!”
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    1. Dali Rank
      Dali
      0
      April 26 2023 11: 15
      Quote: Oleg812spb
      In general, this looks like a refusal by Stream members to fulfill contractual obligations, which should, at a minimum, draw attention to the financial side of the contract.

      And this is what it looks like:
      https://vk.com/video-50332460_456386480
      https://yandex.ru/video/preview/10776670230567739199
      ???????????????????????????????????????????????
      belay belay belay belay belay belay belay
  21. Mazunga Rank
    Mazunga
    0
    April 26 2023 09: 57
    Believing the TV, I thought that the flanks of the orchestra were covered by paratroopers(
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  23. faterdom Rank
    faterdom
    +2
    April 26 2023 10: 31
    Gazprom knows how to direct flows in the wrong direction.
  24. dump22 Rank
    dump22
    0
    April 26 2023 11: 49
    Only love, forgiveness and mass executions will save the Motherland...
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  26. Rinat Khametov Rank
    Rinat Khametov
    0
    April 26 2023 13: 49
    Salary deprivation for violation of contract terms
  27. Hariton laptev Rank
    Hariton laptev
    0
    April 26 2023 15: 19
    Where it’s scary but not greasy is not about us. It’s better to guard the oil depots
  28. dmitryaves Rank
    dmitryaves
    0
    April 26 2023 22: 50
    Yeah, but what about “...According to the laws of war”...?! What kind of fashion did they use to explain on video why positions are being lost? Did you learn from the Ukrainians? Wow! We made it...
  29. Vasily Krylov Rank
    Vasily Krylov
    0
    April 27 2023 08: 13
    Scoundrels were put on trial. They thought there was honey there, but it turned out... this is the worst thing you can only imagine.
  30. Alex_mech Rank
    Alex_mech
    0
    April 28 2023 12: 49
    Strange situation...
    What's unclear here? We have more than one army with more than one leadership. Everything is according to medieval advanced science: The spear of a knight with a black lion on a golden field left the flank of the baron with a red eagle on a silver field, they did not agree with the decision of Baron de Petersburg, about which the knight sent a messenger to the camp to His Majesty the Emperor.... It could be shorter : mess wins
  31. Alex_mech Rank
    Alex_mech
    0
    April 28 2023 12: 59
    Quote: UAZ 452
    Well, yes - they have been successfully advancing in Bakhmut since August. Three months later, you can already prepare for the celebration of the anniversary.

    Well, that's right, a private company. They delayed the project a little, but no one is fining them, so it’s fine for them. It is surprising that there is not a single naval PMC with cruisers and naval aviation. It's time to start doing this.
  32. ilpine Rank
    ilpine
    -1
    April 29 2023 20: 25
    Apparently, Gazprom decided to upgrade its private security company to the level of a combat structure that could have the same authority abroad as the Wagner PMC when protecting Gazprom facilities. Then Gazprom could more actively protect its interests using non-economic methods. However, the mentality of the private security company remained in the heads of the new PMC, which remained a non-combat security rear structure. Gazprom's experiment was unsuccessful and public.