Russian invasion of Ukraine

It was a fake coup to test loyalty to Putin, change my mind.

Fucking Russia man.

It was Prigozin making a power statement. You can't control me, do as I say.

So funny, he's exiled to Belarus and is leaving getting high fives
https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1672707509918769152?t=JSFD_HxXRi5KaqePMFU6cg&s=19

His troops shot down multiple aircraft this morning, a day is a long time in Russia

Has he been given Belarus as his new fiefdom?

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Yeah, it was a weird day.

And what's Prigozhin to do in Belarus? Did het get a carte blanche from Putler to make a run for Kiev again?

On the plus side if you have an army and cross the border from Ukraine to Russia you can get to Moscow in 24 hours or less.

Say what you like about Putin, at least he got Brexit done.

Armed forces, mercenaries and those high-fiving the mercenaries. From a Ukrainian perspective the instability was a good thing. From a US perspective there must have been some amazing parties at the pentagon and Langley.

From a US perspective there must have been some amazing parties at the pentagon and Langley.

Seriously doubt that.

They’ll soon back someone who’s considered friendly

Prigozhin dead by the end of the month. He’s been exiled to the only properly pro Russia country. Putin’s reach doesn’t even need to be that long to get him.

I can't find any analysis on what this means for the Wagner troops - do they now get subsumed into the Russian army, do they get disbanded? Theoretically, if they become part of the Russian forces rather than a competing force, that may be worse for Ukraine?

Kremlin said they'd be absorbed into MoD but seems to be conflicting reports over translation and lack of detail. Sounds like some will go to MoD and many will go back to Africa and middle East

Claims the US and Putin knew this was being planned for several weeks
https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1672896705883168769?t=qBQEXmUYKLbT6C6QHGNqLg&s=19

When news of the coup first broke my immediate thought was “Prigozhin will be dead within the next few days”
What he was doing and saying was obviously confirming his own death.
But it did seem odd that they had seemingly been able to take over Rostov-on-Don with no real fight back from the Russian military or security services. I find that really surprising, that a Russian city could be seized just with a couple of tank aiming their turrets?

Then the announcement that they would be advancing towards Moscow. It’s one of the most well protected cities in the world.
A rolling convoy would be hilariously open to air attacks. Russias military have shown themselves in Ukraine to be a bit shit and suffered heavy losses. But they sure as shit still have the resources for missile strikes on the rolling convoy that would be sitting ducks. They’d have had the capability to strike them from the air in in Rostov almost immediately. But yet they done fuck all. Why?

I’m absolutely convinced that this has all been orchestrated by Putin and the Kremlin.
Prigozhin would know that creating armed insurrection on Russian territory would be his own suicide.
It’s all theatrics, the way he doesn’t mention Putin directly and Putin didn’t name him in his first tv address.

But then the sudden back down from Prigozhin and Putin going from saying he’s going to be arrested for treason to nah it’s cool bro, let’s all chill, don’t do that again… go relax in Belarus for a while.

It’s all a total load of bollox.

But why? What’s the end game?
I was hoping that Putin has concocted this to give them a way out of the war, a way to end it without losing face, without ‘losing’.
But I’m not so sure that’s really it.

Prigozhin and Putin are clearly in cahoots right now.

What’s their next move?

Are we turning into a conspiracy forum now?

If I were a Russian soldier, police officer, politician who switched or joined the March or was even seen as being sympathic, I would be shitting myself right now.

Yep, would not like to be the border guards that just stood aside

Are we? Please tell us.

Who’s asking?
Why do they want to know?

Pusstin’s commitment to the ‘special military operation’ sounds increasingly like the brexhit rationale

I heard someone from pinkbike mention lfgss recently. Could be nothing, but it’s quite a coincidence.

They’ll soon back someone who’s considered friendly

The U.S./CIA isn't omniscient or omnipotent. There are significant parts of the world where they don't have the power, reputation or authority to "back" someone and are only well informed compared to this forum.

Stonehedge joined the CIA?