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.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Jan 6 was a protest about a crooked election. Calling it an insurrection or comparing it is disgusting.
“However Prigozhin is collecting discontented people including the military to him.”
Zero evidence for this, zero
Bob “Wake me up when the anti Putin protests start”
Russia protests: more than 1,300 arrested at anti-war demonstrations
—”China will move on the Eastern section of Russia.”
China will NOT go kinetic because that might drag down its economy.
More like a quick sale in exchange for much need supplies.
A while back there was an article about the Chinese ‘suitcase invasion’ across the Russian border.
The Chinese have time on their side, no need to damage customer relations.
And the Russians have little choice.
I totally support Putin. I am anti-globalist to the core.
Prigozhin is a bloody handed murderer. As is Putin.
If the two fight and destroy or weaken each other all to the good
Address of the Kalinouski Regiment to Belarusians
“The time of freedom is approaching”
https://twitter.com/belwarriors/status/1672601122467467276
“Russia protests: more than 1,300 arrested at anti-war demonstrations”
Do they have calendars in Poland?
Well, they have been flirting with suicide for 1000km.
So far just a few aircraft have tried to mess with them.
There is no “highway of death” in spite of everything.
It seems that the RuAF, in the main, isn’t eager to get involved.
Oh. Okay.
Still not seeing the comparison really because nobody travelling toward D.C. during the days leading to Jan 6, other than Ray Epps of course, was planning rudely and uninvited to barge into the Capital Building. Nor were they really coordinating with each other in any menacing way.
Nopem they weren’t told to stand down.
The Russian military units are joining Prigozhin as they are fed up of the 16 month long war
“Jan 6 was a protest about a crooked election. Calling it an insurrection or comparing it is disgusting.”
Agree on Jan 6th, but calling this a coup attempt is nearly as bad.
Why? The guy leading it is looking to remove Putin. Sounds like a coup to me.
“I totally support Putin. I am anti-globalist to the core.”
Like I said, rather dim. Sort of like a scientologist.
Right, and have russian lives improved in the last 16 months of Putin's invasion of Ukraine?
“Nopem they weren’t told to stand down.”
Oh, sure.
“The Russian military units are joining Prigozhin as they are fed up of the 16 month long war”
...and not a PEEP of complaints prior to the last 24 hours? Try again, please.
-—”WAKE UP!! “
NO, PLS, NO!
Let that skip-over sleep off his cheap Bud Light buzz.
These are some interesting times, no need to wast any bandwidth.
“Why? The guy leading it is looking to remove Putin.”
Actually not, his complaint is with the Defense Minister, Shoigu. I don’t believe there’s any record of him attacking Putin.
Too early to say that they are joining Prigozhin, but they certainly aren’t opposing him.
Time will tell.
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