As great as this is from a schadenfreude perspective, the last thing we want or need is a power vacuum in Russia. of course it might also turn out to be nothing, or it could be handled, but at the cost of having to divert resources away from Ukraine to handle it,
All I want is for Russia to be forced to pull back from Ukraine. If they have a war in their own borders they won’t have a choice.
If he's in our pocket, why not? Whoever succeeds Putin is unlikely to be a dove, better the devil you know!
I wonder if Putin is either behind it, or indifferent to it? claiming that Russia’s war in Ukraine was all the result of a giant plot by defense bureaucrats to mislead Russian President Vladimir Putin into a pointless conflict https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/06/russia-crisis-coup-prigozhin/674516/ Putin has yet to condemn this guy, and this guy is not blaming Putin, but saying Russian military brass mislead him. Perhaps this is a backdoor way out of Ukraine for Putin such that he can blame the war on somebody else.
I’m seeing tweets that Wagner has taken control of Rostov - one of the largest logistical hubs for the Russian army supplying the war. Anyone else seeing that? That would be insane. Wagner would have the Russian army in Ukraine by the throat.
Some good info I think but who really knows. Nevertheless a good string from the Financial Times man inMoscow
Does this thing have legs? Odds are not good but some support too. If Russian army needs to send some troops for protection, that would be a good thing.
Seems to want better war fighting capabilities and says casualties are much higher than official numbers