Posted on 06/24/2023 7:53:32 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Moscow is preparing for war and battening down the hatches as soldiers build outposts and military vehicles flood the streets ahead of the expected arrival of Russia's Wagner militia forces.
Wagner chief Yevgney Prigozhin initiated a military coup against Putin overnight, which has seen the group take key cities and threaten the President, who called them 'traitors'.
Putin addressed the Russian people on Saturday, warning that the military leader had 'stabbed him in the back', as Moscow prepares to enter into lockdown, with troops digging in in preparation to defend the city.
Prigozhin and his feared 25,000-strong Wagner militia took control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, saying they are 'ready to die' for their 'march of justice', and have been heading north in a hundreds-strong convoy of armoured vehicles.
The unit passed through the halfway city of Voronezh and have reached as far north as Yelets as they advance on Moscow, seeing negligible resistance.
A message posted on the Wagner Telegram channel on Saturday said: 'Putin made the wrong choice. All the worse for him. Soon we will have a new president.'
Footage on social media has shown large convoys of troops heading north from Voronezh, thought to be Wagner mercenaries. They are also said to be on their way to other key cities including Krasnodar and Volgograd.
Russia has responded by increasing security in Moscow, mobilising troops who are set to defend against the incursion, and calling for the military to rally around President Putin.
All public events have been cancelled, as Putin called close ally Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko to brief him on the situation.
Pro-Putin forces on the outskirts of the city were meanwhile seen digging in against the Wagner coup army heading towards the capital.
Russian troops were pictured establishing positions at a bridge
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13 million people who won’t lift a finger.
In the US, this is where the second amendment comes into play.
This may seem a dumb question but if they are rolling then that sre they rolling on? Did they take the 6:32 out of Donbass for Moscow stopping at Rostov? Seriously though, they need transport. Also, do they have their own armor and artillery and air? And fuel. Heck Putin’s army in Ukraine had fuel problems. I am pretty certain something is happening but unless other units of the Russian Army are involved I can’t yhink Moscow is in any real danger.
Yes, I don’t consider videos taken by a biased party to be a reliable account.
A strange aspect of this situation is that Russia is the paymaster for both the Wagner militia and its own military. Who do you think will continue to draw a paycheck?
Now you’ve done it. You are going to be accused of being a Russian... and for some odd reason, an Iranian fedaheen.
They’ve found unexploded pipe-bombs at the Kremlin, left by some shadowy figure!
Russia’s most loyal troops and leaders have already been squandered on Ukraine. Those that live live with resentment and anger.
The Russian military is in revolt.
So an even more ruthless dictator takes his place.
Has this site been taken over by prog wishful thinkers?
It’s the prog mindset to cast every conflict as WW II redux, with our chosen bad guy (but the vet US/NATO) playing the role of Hitler.
With 10% for The Big Guy. Plus more for his friends.
Maybe they called him to Moscow.
Beautiful. There will be nothing left but hot dust.
A defeated Russia: POTUS Trump should send a contingent of Milton Friedman’s Chicago Boys to transform the country opposite of what Obama tried(and succeeded to some extent).
10% is a pretty small fee. I believe the cut for mafia bosses was twice that. ;)
Your Surovikin link is a day old. Surovikin defected today. And is still in the Southern Military District hq in Rostov unlike Shoigu and Gerasimov who fled.
I know... I know. Dreams are hard to let go of.
Prigo doesn’t hate Putin, he hates the Ministry of Defense. He blames the Ministry for the failures of the war, and Putin has allowed Prigo to speak out against the Minitry because that takes blame away from Putin. Prigo probably wants to take over the Ministry and therefore control how the war is fought.
I see what you did there. lol
Wonder if the 3rd secret of Fatima is about to unfold.
They are 2/3rds of the way to Moscow. Only out 180 miles.
Battle of Moscow to begin in hours.
“he hates the Ministry of Defense. He blames the Ministry for the failures of the war,”
He hates that Putin gave MOD control of Wagner and has been resisting that take over. His objection to the conduct of the war is that all out war was not declared with far expanded goals. He wanted strategic control and direct command of Wagner... not just to be the owner.
This is his zenith. He won’t leave Rostov except under arrest.
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