Yevgeny Prigozhin, the billionaire boss of the Wagner Russian mercenary army, insists that it was the Russian military that launched a missile attack on his troops, killing many, and he is going to get revenge by marching his army to Moscow and taking over the government in a coup. Then he’ll return to attacking Ukraine, his way.
He’s advised Russian citizens on his route to Moscow to stay indoors.
Meanwhile, Putin has said in response that “all necessary measures are being taken”, whatever those might be.
It’s hard to believe all this is actually happening, but if it is, and the Wagner Army really was attacked by Putin’s forces, it can only be because Prigozhin is seen as a threat now by Putin, and that’s certainly backed up by what Prigozhin is saying. It sounds like he was looking for an excuse to attempt a coup. He’s been criticizing the Russian military leadership since he joined the fight.
What Fun, hey, kiddies? What could be better right now than a war between Russian armed forces, right in the middle of Moscow? Come on, who could ask for more? Certainly not the Ukrainians.
If he marches on Moscow with 25,000 well armed troops, with tanks, surface to air missiles and so on, this will cause a monster diversion of Putin’s troops to fight them and will weaken the hell out of his forces fighting in Ukraine. Ukraine will take full advantage of this. This could cause the complete collapse of the Russian government.
Oh, what fun. I can’t wait to read the next chapter.