So far this AM (German time)...the only noticeable thing is two Russian Army helicopters shot down.
If the Russian Army had to turn and support a internal civil war...they could probably dedicate 30k troops to this, but it’d end most of the offensive in the Ukraine.
On the Wagner total...lot of differing numbers on what they might have in Rostov...at least couple of hundred. But begs the question...are there Russian troops that would support Wagner at this point...instead of the Army generals?
I’m sure this is just more deep state propaganda from the likes of DeSantis and Bullwinkle. Or it’s a trap!!
Always fun to have a mutiny behind your front lines.
Nothing new.
Prigozhin ain’t no Marshall Petan, but he’s trying.
Follow the money. Prigozhin has been paid by some black ops.
Machiavelli had no use for mercenaries.
Putin never mentions which side started this rebellion, refers to Wagner fighters as heroes who fought beside Russian military, alludes to deception being used to foment this rebellion. Putin speaks of power struggle and egos. Accusations Prighozhin has long made against Russian military leadership.
From his demeanor and comments, you cannot conclude that Putin is accusing Prighozhin alone of deliberately inciting rebellion. Leaves open the possibility that Putin may believe that Wagner (and its chief) were incited and are being misled. Possible external involvement.
If Putin goes down, the left will make Biden a hero and re-elect a man with the intellect of a garden vegetable.
“People continue to ask me my take on the situation in Russia.
My take is, that until we actually see any proof of kinetic hostilities, there is no situation in Russia.
We’ve seen wild speculation and unverified reports, but on the ground it looks like a photo op.
But if you want to know what I THINK is happening; I think Prigozhin is doing what he always does, which is say crazy shit to create the illusion of disarray, to cover for Russian tactical movement/assaults.
Just like he did in Bakhmut, he claimed Russia wasn’t giving him ammo, he was going to pull all his troops out, wanted Shoigu’s head on a platter, etc., only to turn around and finish taking Bakhmut shortly after.
I think Prigozhin and Putin are conducting a psyop to disguise Russian troop movement to either launch an offensive, or coerce Ukraine into attacking.
The only place this is a civil war is on the Internet, because the 🇺🇦 folks are eager to say and believe anything to deflect from the catastrophic losses in their holy “counter-offensive”.
Just like Belgorod, in a couple days, the NAFO trolls will be on to the next thing because this turned out to be nothing.
But as always, we shall wait and see.
- another take from Twitter
PS - I will add I’ve never seen Zeepers so euphoric since the daily mail article claimed Putin would be dead within months. That fact of Zeeper excitement alone makes this situation suspect.
The only issue would be which hard-liner replaced Putin.
I wish Wagner PMC good hunting and I hope they get Putin’s execution on video. That’ll be the Feel Good video of the year!
Somebody will disappear into the desolate Siberian wilderness into a prison camp.
This leaves Putin with a very difficult decision; he could simply abandon Ukraine and try to pull everything back into Russia and attempt to crush Wagner but lose all the territory in Ukraine and likely even Crimea in the process. Or he could simply sit back and hope some true resistance to Wagner pops up Russia, or the people turn against them or something.
The MEDIA war is DEFINITELY ON hot and heavy.
These treasonous, globalist-backed terrorists must be executed publicly.
Not sure what Prigozhin’s end game was here. I’m not buying he really wanted to overthrow the Ruskie government.
Remember Russia has around 6,000 nuclear warheads. A full blow civil war and you’ll be able to pick one up on Ebay.