Putin accuses Wagner chief Prigozhin of treason, calls Wagner mercenaries ‘heroes’ who helped ‘liberate’ Donbas.
So, we have the Free Russian liberation group wandering around and taking random towns from Putin. Then we have part of Wagner literally rolling up to military headquarters in tanks, forcing the head to flee. Right now, AFAICT, they’re cruising up the highway to Moscow, which is being carved up by trench diggers of the Russian army in anticipation of the convoy. Then there are statements by Kadyrov that seem to support Putin, making it a double coup (though I haven’t seen anything between the Wagner subgroups).
I think this is a Civil Double Mu-terr-coup-tionary Attack (mutiny, terrorist attack, military coup, revolution). Fucking Wild.
Where can I read reports about the statements that Kadyrov had said?
Sorry for missing this. I basically posted and went to bed. I love when my sleep schedule makes me look like I’m spreading misinformation! Now it’s all over the news, but I totally understand asking for a source at the time. Cheers.
It’s okay, doc. Your sleep is important for your mental health. Keep up that momentum.
Thank you for the reply with the link!
No no, it’s a Special Civil Operation!
Russia analyst on Al Jazeera talking about revolution
It’s started by the military, so it’s a coup, maybe a revolt. In my definition, a revolution is done by the people, not the military.
Not THE military. A private military company, rather. Closer would be if Blackwater (academi? Xe? Idk what their current name is) did it in the US.
I don’t even know what a good term for it would be. Military coup usually means the country’s own military.
It’s kind of a grey area since Wagner are mercenaries and not traditional military, no?
Yeah, it’s a private mercenary group. The security forces/Military police are set up all along the road to Moscow. So, the technical military is still with Putin, kinda. They literally just rolled up on that southern command, right after the head of the MoD fled the building. It’s bizarre.
It’s a civil revo-coup-tion!
(Also, I know very little about military stuff and even I can tell something big is going down.)
now if only Kadyrov’s tiktok brigade joins in and they all manage to kill each other, it’ll be Christamas come early.
The next Call of Duty game sounds lit
That page seems slightly broken? I can’t scroll down until I start the video and accept cookies, that doesn’t seem right.
How did my cheapo paint spraying machine start such a melee?
So this is an appeal to Wagner mercenaries to desert or to overthrow Prigozhin as leader of Wagner?
Very poor calculation from Putin. Guessing he’s again listening to his yesmen.
From the France24 link (thanks) “10:30am: Russia’s Putin briefed Belarus’ Lukashenko on situation in Russia” - I’m guessing that was just before his plane took off and headed for Türkiye!
The consensus
appearsseems to be that Lukashenko’s family was on the plane. It’s not clear whether he was on it or not.