Ukrainian intelligence has information that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has urgently left Moscow for his residence in Valdai, while Putin’s press secretary has denied this.
Has Putin committed so much of Russia’s fighting forces to Ukraine that he does not have the capacity to defend Russia from any invasion? Putin was relying on the threat of nuclear war to prevent any external invasion but that doesn’t protect him from an internal invasion. Prigozhin has perhaps very accurately assessed that he is the strongest military force in Russia right now. I am very interested in what happens to Russia after this. I don’t want to claim that this is the end of Putin’s Russia quite yet but it certainly seems to be a bad time to be named Vladimir Putin.
That might be accurate and it would make sense why they’re so defenseless, if that’s the case. But if that’s the case, then it was extremely idiotic to attack Wagner. But then, the people at the Russian MOD might just be that stupid as to attack their mercenaries that were providing their only internal defenses. Unless Prigozhin is just making up the attack like the MOD claims.
Regardless, it doesn’t really matter why Wagner turned around and is fighting Russia now. What matters is that they are and that it’s bad news bears for Russia.
Has Putin committed so much of Russia’s fighting forces to Ukraine that he does not have the capacity to defend Russia from any invasion? Putin was relying on the threat of nuclear war to prevent any external invasion but that doesn’t protect him from an internal invasion. Prigozhin has perhaps very accurately assessed that he is the strongest military force in Russia right now. I am very interested in what happens to Russia after this. I don’t want to claim that this is the end of Putin’s Russia quite yet but it certainly seems to be a bad time to be named Vladimir Putin.
AFAIK (but sure, I don’t know much), the people expected to defend from an internal invasion are exactly the ones invading.
That might be accurate and it would make sense why they’re so defenseless, if that’s the case. But if that’s the case, then it was extremely idiotic to attack Wagner. But then, the people at the Russian MOD might just be that stupid as to attack their mercenaries that were providing their only internal defenses. Unless Prigozhin is just making up the attack like the MOD claims.
Regardless, it doesn’t really matter why Wagner turned around and is fighting Russia now. What matters is that they are and that it’s bad news bears for Russia.