Posted on 06/24/2023 5:30:44 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
The government of Russia confirmed late Friday that it had opened an investigation into and filed charges against the leader of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, for calling “armed rebellion” against Moscow.
Prior to the announcement by the Federal Security Service, Prigozhin published several video messages on Friday claiming that Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu ordered an attack on Wagner positions in Ukraine and killed “a large number of our fighters.” He later reportedly claimed he entered Rostov-on-Don, Russia, allegedly with little resistance. The city is home to important military installments and the Wagner chief reportedly claimed Shoigu was present there.
Prigozhin, whose troops are at the forefront of the ongoing “special operation” by Russian leader Vladimir Putin to oust Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, had become increasingly vocal against the Ukrainian invasion and Shoigu, in particular, in the past few months, though he had limited criticism of Putin directly and claimed to maintain close relations to the strongman.
Multiple reports translating Prigozhin’s online messages claim that he vowed to bring his troops, which he claimed to number up to 25,000 men, into Moscow, but insisted, “this is not a military coup.”
Reports out of Moscow indicate that the Russian government has begun to fortify the capital. In Rostov, regional Gov. Vasily Golubev published a message on Telegram telling civilians to “keep calm and not leave home without need,” according to the Russian state outlet RT.
The ongoing crisis began on Friday with the publication of a video in which Prigozhin accused Shoigu, the defense minister, of ordering an attack on his positions in Ukraine that allegedly killed 2,000 Wagner militants.
“Those who destroyed our lads, who destroyed the lives of many tens of thousands of Russian soldiers, will be punished. I ask that no one offer resistance,” Prigozhin said.
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Now is the time for the Wagner group leadership to use honey instead of vinegar and convince the Russian army that the war is lost and they should join forces to get new government leadership. No more deployments to Ukraine under the new government. That might be a very well received message.
More like two divisions. And maybe much of the armed forces are unwilling to do anything about it. So far anyway.
How'd I do Mods? How'd I do? Did I kiss enough ass! Am I still in the club???
Sounds like the GOPe
This is a wonderful opportunity for Ukraine to push all russian troops out of their country.
May it be so!
We live in the most extraordinary of times.
In the wake of the recent disclosures of the Biden shakedown of the ChiComs...
What are the odds that the Presidents of both Russia and the US get driven from office in the same week?
What a time to be alive.
“Don’t get me wrong, Prigozhin is as much a rascal as Putin...”
Yeah, but he’s a rascal who, if he is successful, will need to turn his attention to internal consolidation for a great long while, and quit the foreign adventures that Putin is addicted to.
At 6 am EDT I saw a report that Wagner troops were already at the last bridge before entering the Moscow region. It was felt if they made it across OK, then taking Moscow would not be that hard.
I think that was about Russian MOD or FSB troops blocking bridges over the Oka River, of the M2 and M4 highways.
Sounds like Caesar’s march on Rome after years in Gaul.
Beginning of the end of the Republic and sowed the seeds of the coming Empire.
I don’t they were that close at that time
It depends if the people of Russia see this as treason. This could go sideways fast—Do not cheer folks—we may well be seeing America’s future with CW II The electric Boogaloo. Ukraine just may have won the war—but can they win the peace? If the war is done—why give all the Billions of Bucks?
Russian mercenary chief says his troops have reached Rostov-on-Don following call for armed rebellion
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin posted a video in the Russian city, which oversees the war in Ukraine
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