Nothing nuclear submarines in the Russian Naval Parade scheduled for next July 30, on the day of the Moscow Navy celebrations. The message was published byBritish Secret Service in the London Ministry of Defense daily report on the war in Ukraine. Moscow’s decision could be related to internal security issues, which are not too difficult to imagine after the Wagner Group uprising and the allegedly ongoing purges among senior military officers in the Moscow Army, or to other operational needs. What is certain is that if the indiscretion is confirmed, the Kremlin’s pranksters will be silent for the first time since 2017.
The yellow of the Russian submarines
British 007, citing Russian state media, reported that nuclear submarines of Russia’s Northern Fleet will not take part in the Navy Day naval parade in St. Petersburg 30th July next. As the current party format was introduced in 2017, this would be expected to be the first year in which nuclear submarines were not involved.
The unusual change is probably mostly due to the need to allow that maintenance and maintain availability operations and theTraining. But there is also a realistic possibility that internal security concerns following the Wagner Group’s attempted mutiny contributed to the decision.
The situation in Russia
About the internal security For Russia, the situation is still unclear. Even if the uprising of Wagner group It seems like a distant memory by now, and many unanswered questions remain on the subject. First about the future of the same mercenary organization and then about the future of the same founder Yevgeny Prigozhin that he allegedly turned down an operative offer from Putin himself.
In addition, the Kremlin has allegedly used the in recent days hard hit Arrest and interrogation of scores of high-ranking Russian military officers. The unofficial bulletin mentions more than 15 high-ranking military officers who were suspended and 13 arrested, including General Sergei Surovikin, his deputy Colonel-General Andrei Yudin, and deputy chief of military intelligence, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Alexeyev. The latter two were later released.
The situation in Ukraine
The British secret service also continued to monitor what was happening on the battlefields Ukraine. For example, according to London, Russian forces have carried out several car bombings Use of old armored vehicles, especially near the city of Marinka in Donetsk province. “In June there were several reports of Russian forces using armored vehicles loaded with tons of explosives as car bombs. The attached soldiers probably jumped out of the vehicle after determining the direction,” a previous report said.
Most cases of car bombings are said to have occurred around Marinka nearby Donetsk and would have started shortly after Chechen units reached the area, so there is a real possibility that Chechen forces are pioneering the practice. “There are reports of similar car bombs being used by Chechens fighting in Ukraine in January 2023,” the same source explained, according to which, however, “most Russian car bombs almost certainly detonated before reaching their target due to a combination of factors.” , from anti-tank mines to direct fire”.