“People continue to ask me my take on the situation in Russia.
My take is, that until we actually see any proof of kinetic hostilities, there is no situation in Russia.
We’ve seen wild speculation and unverified reports, but on the ground it looks like a photo op.
But if you want to know what I THINK is happening; I think Prigozhin is doing what he always does, which is say crazy shit to create the illusion of disarray, to cover for Russian tactical movement/assaults.
Just like he did in Bakhmut, he claimed Russia wasn’t giving him ammo, he was going to pull all his troops out, wanted Shoigu’s head on a platter, etc., only to turn around and finish taking Bakhmut shortly after.
I think Prigozhin and Putin are conducting a psyop to disguise Russian troop movement to either launch an offensive, or coerce Ukraine into attacking.
The only place this is a civil war is on the Internet, because the 🇺🇦 folks are eager to say and believe anything to deflect from the catastrophic losses in their holy “counter-offensive”.
Just like Belgorod, in a couple days, the NAFO trolls will be on to the next thing because this turned out to be nothing.
But as always, we shall wait and see.
- another take from Twitter
PS - I will add I’ve never seen Zeepers so euphoric since the daily mail article claimed Putin would be dead within months. That fact of Zeeper excitement alone makes this situation suspect.
The only issue would be which hard-liner replaced Putin.