Posted on 06/23/2023 7:36:41 PM PDT by Mariner
The owner of the Wagner private military contractor made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet on Friday, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The security services reacted immediately by calling for the arrest of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin was taking the threat, security was heightened in Moscow and in Rostov-on-Don, which is home to the Russian military headquarters for the southern region and also oversees the fighting in Ukraine.
While the outcome of the confrontation was still unclear, it appeared likely to further hinder Moscow's war effort as Kyiv's forces were probing Russian defenses in the initial stages of a counteroffensive.
Prigozhin claimed early Saturday that his forces had crossed into Russia from Ukraine and had reached Rostov, saying they faced no resistance from young conscripts at checkpoints and that his forces “aren’t fighting against children.”
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Prig made his move on a Friday night when all rational Russians get stinking drunk. Now on Saturday they have to come to their govt. jobs hung over, sick, miserable, and very tired and discouraged.
Oh, and at 6 am EST I read that Prigozhin is at the last road bridge entering the Moscow area. Once he gets across that bridge, there is nothing much but hung over Russians to stop his advance. It also appears that many in government positions are refusing to or avoiding acting in any way to upset Wagner forces. Some are even joining Prigs forces.
AS we used to say in the military in 1968,
“DON’T believe anything you hear,
AND only HALF of what you see.”
Only stupid and disingenuous people think I hold Putin in high esteem.
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