Posted on 06/24/2023 8:21:25 AM PDT by Cronos
Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters barrelled towards Moscow on Saturday after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia's military firing on them from the air but seemingly incapable of slowing their lightning advance.
Facing the first serious challenge to his grip on power of his 23-year rule, President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush an armed mutiny he compared to Russia's Civil War a century ago.
The fighters of the Wagner private army run by former Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin were already most of the way to the capital, having captured the city of Rostov and set off on an 1,100 km (680 mile) race to Moscow.
Reuters saw troop carriers and a flatbed truck carrying a tank careening past the city of Voronezh more than half way to Moscow, where a helicopter fired on them. But there were no reports of the rebels meeting any substantial resistance on the highway.
Russian media showed pictures of small groups of police manning machine gun positions on Moscow's southern outskirts Authorities in the Lipetsk region south of the capital told residents to stay home.
...Prigozhin says his men are on a "march for justice" to remove corrupt and incompetent commanders he blames for botching the war in Ukraine.
In a televised address from the Kremlin, Putin said Russia's very existence was under threat.
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The Russian federation is on the cusp
Fyi, Prigozhin is gathering support
“Rebel Russian mercenaries barrel towards Moscow”
Be nice if they got some support of the people there, or elements of the government.
Looks more like Jan 6th to me, if even that.
“[Putin] barricades himself in the Moscow region from those whom he himself armed. For a long time, Russia used propaganda to mask its weakness and the stupidity of its government. And now there is so much chaos that no lie can hide it. And all this is one person, who again and again warns about the year 1917, although he is not able to lead to anything else.
Russia’s weakness is obvious. Full-scale weakness”
- Zelensky
The time for a massive Ukraine offensive is now!
Sucks to be you.
“The time for a massive Ukraine offensive is now!”
I agree - would VERY QUICKLY end the war, and not in Ukraine’s favor.
“Sucks to be you.”
Do you believe Jan 6th protesters had a credible chance of overthrowing the US government.
Seems like you must have, if you think these clowns have a chance.
You support a bunch of traitorous mercenary convicts? You Ukie supporters are really scaping the bottom of the barrel supporting this. I hope Putin wipes them out.
Russian forces in Ukraine may soon be surrendering in masse, given they will have major supply issues and potentially no rear support.
But you should be happy. A quick Ukrainian victory means no more us bucks needed.
No, time to stand by and stand down. This might be an opportunity to end the Civil War once and for all without further bloodshed. Why stir it up?
*Surrender en masse.*
How will we know?
Putin may be at max support level from Russians and trying to hold their support. Wagner is not unknown to the people and may be capable of gaining support.
Is what Putin has now sufficient to sustain him through this?
If the lives of the average Rusdian have not improved since the Soviets fell, Putin may wish he had devoted more to improving them.
Putin may be at max support level from Russians and trying to hold their support. Wagner is not unknown to the people and may be capable of gaining support.
Is what Putin has now sufficient to sustain him through this?
If the lives of the average Rusdian have not improved since the Soviets fell, Putin may wish he had devoted more to improving them.
It’s always fun to watch your enemies devour themselves. Smells like karma.
Putin said Russia’s very existence was under threat.
And unless the democrat/socialist/communist party starts to restore the constitution and the rules of law this same thing will come to the US.
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