Posted on 01/23/2023 1:31:19 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin is said to have turned against the head of the feared Russian Wagner mercenary group after he 'failed to take the hint' and kept on bragging that his forces were achieving more success than Russia's army.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has fallen out of favour with the Russian president after he continuously gloated his private paramilitary fighters were more superior and successful than the country's conventional forces, experts say.
Earlier this month, Prigozhin bragged that his fighters had single-handedly taken control of the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar, which has been razed by fighting.
Putin is said to have felt threatened by Prigozhin's rise and tactless self-assertion, experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said today. This was evident, they said, when the leader pointedly did not credit Prigozhin or his Wagner forces for town's capture.
Putin, paranoid about Prigozhin's power, began to reintroduce himself as an involved wartime leader and met commanders after the Wagner boss posted a picture of himself with his mercenaries at the entrance of a salt mine in Soledar.
'Prigozhin did not take the hint, if hint it was, but instead redoubled his efforts to assert himself by advertising the superiority and successes of his own troops,' the experts from ISW said.
The Wagner boss instead tried to boost his standing by claiming he had arrived at the front lines near Bakhmut to speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky regarding the control of territories there.
'His rhetoric and self-presentation had become overbearing and ostentatiously swaggering until things began to go south for him'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Suuuure he did.
THE WORLD IS SHOCKED!! Private House of Putin and His Bodyguards Destroyed by Ukrainian Missiles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSWo0-8PoBo
Wagner...great composer.
TASS was quoting Mr. Prigozhin today somebody better tell the Daily Mail and their MI 6 handlers.
Why is TASS promoting Mr. Prigozhin today?
https://tass.com/world/1566053
Only in the squishy gut, don’t know if I’m a man or woman, x-box west do people believe girl fights and hurt feelings merit a news story.
“Putin has a hangnail” is a more significant story.
That is IF the claim is based on anything more than last night’s wet dream.
Only in the squishy gut, don’t know if I’m a man or woman, x-box west do people believe girl fights and hurt feelings merit a news story.
“Putin has a hangnail” is a more significant story.
That is IF the claim is based on anything more than last night’s wet dream.
“Mr.” Prigozhin. Just like “Herr” Hitler.
Babylon be is looking for some of your kind of help
His ‘success’ in Bakhmut & Soladar came at the price of 40,000 dead and wounded out of 50,000 convicts ...
Wagner...great composer.
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Was the call sign of his partner in crime Dmitriy Valeryevich Utkin, director of the group’s military operations, he led the group in taking Crimea and Donbas
Thanks for posting. Don’t have to go through the checkout counters now to read the tabloids.
Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023
- Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut;
- Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian front line or (3) spoiling attacks on forces assembling for a future offensive;
- Ukrainian losses are severe and Reuters is reporting on supposed warnings by the US to Ukraine about going on the offensive;
- Weapon shipments have been announced for Ukraine including a significant US DoD package, as well as all of Denmark’s Caesar self-propelled howitzers and all of Estonia’s FH-70 towed howitzers;
"Cookie" Nuland's Institute For Grifting On War...
Oh God. Those western organizations mentioned here play role of mind-readers of Putin. In reality who may be jealous of Wagner success are the generals of Chief Staff. Wagner showed them that they are pussies.
Not solders on a ground. There is indeed a problem with generals. They all mostly made their rank during peace times. So they have no or little battle skills in this full-scale war. But Wagner fights all the time and all over the globe.
So Wagner commanders are very skillful. Much more superior to the star generals of Russian military.
For Putin to have Wagner brigade to show how to fight to those who made generals but never fought no wars, is a really ADNVANTAGE. He is from intelligence by trade so he appreciates existence of many different assets. Wagner is just one of his assets and very useful.
So it is generals of military who are jealous of Wagner not Putin. And generals will need now to prove that they also can fight a war like Wagner but in bigger scale. So it is all will be for good of Russia after all.
It dawned on me that the threats to nuke Ukraine must be hollow because the prevailing wind from any fallout would blow back towards Moscow and their agricultural base. It would be suicide for them even if NATO did not retaliate.
When putin closes one door, he opens another window...
hahhahhahhaha!!
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