The Russian army's losses as a result of the military mutiny could have ranged from four to 20 people.
In addition, Wagner PMC mercenaries destroyed at least two combat helicopters and one aircraft.
Telegram channel "Baza" сообщаетthat the first helicopter was shot down around five o'clock in the morning on June 24, during a firefight near a Voronezh village ElizavetovkaAll crew members managed to escape.
The second helicopter crashed five hours later near the village. Filonovo.
At 10 a.m., PMC fighters fired a missile at an Il-22 aircraft, which crashed near the village. KantemirovkaAccording to preliminary information, 4 people died as a result of its fall.
At the same time, the Channel One war correspondent Irina Kuksenkova claimsthat there were 10 people on board the downed plane.
"When Prigozhin was asked at the Southern Military District headquarters why [the Il-22 was shot down], since this aircraft doesn't carry out strikes but performs other functions, he said, 'And the idiot air defense specialist in the column shot down everything that took off.'"
The military correspondent clarified that after these words, the head of the Wagner PMC agreed to pay 50 million in compensation to the relatives of the deceased pilots.
Prigozhin himself on June 24 claimed Deputy Minister of Defense Yunus-Bek Yevkurov about three downed combat helicopters.
On the evening of June 24, journalists Reported about the downed Ka-52 Alligator helicopter near a Voronezh village Comintern and two dead pilots.
In total, according to journalists, the speech may go about six destroyed helicopters and 20 the dead military personnel. One of them graduated from the academy last year and became a father six months ago.
Telegram channel "Russian Decadence" draws attention that the authorities' refusal to prosecute Evgenia Prigozhina now does not add optimism to military personnel.
"12 military pilots died for literally nothing, — the channel's authors write. — The authorities are now simply ignoring their deaths. For the close-knit caste of pilots, who always considered themselves the elite of the Russian Armed Forces, this is a real shock."
The Ministry of Defense and other agencies have not yet provided official comments on the losses.
