Prigozhin says Wagner Group is turning its convoys around and heading back in the opposite direction “towards its field camps.”
Prigozhin says Wagner Group is turning its convoys around and heading back in the opposite direction “towards its field camps.”
Perhaps this isn’t the coup just yet. Most likely his attempts to rally the Russian military to his side failed and it’s possible that he was offered some kind of deal to not be arrested/killed if he waved off now.
How he was going to hold Moscow with less than 20k troops (assuming some peeled off on the march for various duties), I didn’t know. It’s a huge city and 20k troops would be a small footprint once you spread them out over such a large metro area. Maybe waving off at this point was all part of the expected brinksmanship he’s been playing with the head of the Russian MoD?
Interesting times in Russia!
It’s been reported that Lukashenko (of Belarus) brokered a deal. I haven’t seen any further details.
Rumor only, part of the deal was he answers directly to Putin only. He no longer answers to the ministry of defense.
and to seal the deal, Putin has invited Prigozhin and his top leadership to tea.
Putin passes you a cup of tea. Do you accept? o.0
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Yes, but not near a window…
Only if I’ve spent decades building up an immunity to polonium.