Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday accused the Russian military of "destroying" his fighters, without fully explaining his accusation, and vowed to stop the "evil" of the military leadership.
An unverified video posted on the “Razgruzka Wagner” (Wagner’s Combat Vest) Telegram channel showed a scene in a forest where small fires were burning and trees appeared to have been broken by force.
It carried the caption: “A missile attack was launched on the camps of PMC Wagner. Many victims. According to eyewitnesses, the strike was delivered from the rear, that is, it was delivered by the military of the Russian Ministry of Defence.”
Prigozhin vowed to avenge the incident: “There are 25,000 of us and we are going to figure out why chaos is happening in the country.”
Either this is some twisted 4D-chess move by Putin or this might really be the end of Prigozhin. This is really a step further than his previous diatribes.
It could be a general is genuinely mad at these mercenaries, and dumb enough to think a strike might pass as an attack from Ukraine due to the fog of war.
I would my money on Prigozhin. Putin has a broken army and the Wagner’s are pissed. Russians on Russian fighting is not going to bode well, especially when one side is very angry.
My first instinct is Prigozhin is full of it and jockeying for position if Putin loses his grip but that’s very much just a guess. It’d be one hell of a gamble so I am probably wrong.
EDIT: I guess more likely is he’s going for Shoigu’s position giving how the war has gone but Putin seems to be backing Shoigu for now. I guess we’ll see.
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I wonder what could happen now. He already said that Putin has been tricked by the minister of defence to invade Ukraine. What does he really want?
That is a good question.
Another question is whether he has all his marbles together and whether what he wants and what he does actually fit together in a realistic way.
It’s a common misconception that people in power got into power because they have a working brain and actually know what they are doing.
Musk and u/spez are good examples for that misconception.
Could also be that the mad leader of the mercenaries is actually just that: mad.
He gives Puting a ramp off, when the eventual defeat comes…
Either this is some twisted 4D-chess move by Putin or this might really be the end of Prigozhin. This is really a step further than his previous diatribes.
It could be a general is genuinely mad at these mercenaries, and dumb enough to think a strike might pass as an attack from Ukraine due to the fog of war.
The arrest warrant for Prigozhin makes me think this is actually real.
I would my money on Prigozhin. Putin has a broken army and the Wagner’s are pissed. Russians on Russian fighting is not going to bode well, especially when one side is very angry.
Seriously. Wagner mercenaries are the only trained soldiers left in Russia after Putin sent his personal army to their deaths
Whatever it is, any infighting on the russian side helps.
My “this is not a military coup” t shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
Technically the truth. It’s a paramilitary coup.
I think Putin is getting ready to pull back and is cleaning house of anyone who could overthrow him in the inevitable chaos of defeat
I think this is wishful thinking. Putin might be preparing to the eventual defeat, but not for pull back.
My first instinct is Prigozhin is full of it and jockeying for position if Putin loses his grip but that’s very much just a guess. It’d be one hell of a gamble so I am probably wrong.
EDIT: I guess more likely is he’s going for Shoigu’s position giving how the war has gone but Putin seems to be backing Shoigu for now. I guess we’ll see.
For once I’m interested in hearing the tankies’ views on something.