WWIII Return of the Ruskie
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Has it though?
The Wagner boss is just more of the same of Putin. Says one thing and does another. Mainly as a distraction.
Rostov, a couple of minutes ago. They shot down a government military helicopter as they were entering the city.
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Amazing. I might actually watch it now. Takes a lot of courage for them to take the show in such a different direction since the reboot.
Yeah, quite a plot twist. I suggest everyone watching get acquainted with one of the main characters:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin
Part of Prigozhin’s “mission statement” from earlier today. Completely undercuts Putin’s justification for war, says it was all about resource grab by oligarchs and personal vanity of a few people at the top. Rest of the subtitled speech is available on Twitter:
Nope Prigozhin was pretty much in no man's land. He either had to claim political asylum which would have been difficult. Continue fighting to the death in Ukraine, or attempt a coup in Russia.
His verbal attacks on Putin ensured he would have been offered tea or the window under Putins regime if he returned peacefully.
No doubt he's a complete bastard, but he appears to be serving up a lot of truth in his discussion of Russian actions. Putin has no relationship with the truth at all.
Putin’s angry speech minutes ago: calls the rebels “traitors and terrorists,” promises “harsh response.”
Wagner PMC’s official Telegram channel: “Papa made the wrong choice. We will have a new president soon.”
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It’s on!
So far on the ground Wagner’s mercenaries have faced almost no resistance as they took 2 major cities, multiple military bases and are rapidly approaching Moscow. It’s unclear if Putin actually has an army willing to fight for him against Prigozhin.
Wagner PMC’s official Telegram channel: “Papa made the wrong choice. We will have a new president soon.”
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It’s on!
So far on the ground Wagner’s mercenaries have faced almost no resistance as they took 2 major cities, multiple military bases and are rapidly approaching Moscow. It’s unclear if Putin actually has an army willing to fight for him against Prigozhin.
Happier times:
quite the rise from selling hot dogs
Looking at it from the outside, this seems like the key point to me. All other things being equal one would think the incumbent in power would have the upper hand, but not all other things are equal.
Prigozhin audio message 10:19AM BST - "no one will surrender to the demands of the President":
"Regarding the betrayal of the Motherland, the President is deeply mistaken. We’re patriots of our Motherland. We fought and we are fighting, all fighters of PMC Wagner. And no one is going to surrender to the demands of the President, FSB, or anyone else. Because we don’t want the country to live further in corruption lies, and bureaucracy. When we fought in Africa, we were told that we needed Africa, and then they dumped it, because they stole all the money that was meant to come for help. When we were told we are fighting with Ukraine, we went and fought. But it turned out that the ammo, weapons, all money put towards this were also being stolen, while officials are sitting and saving them for themselves for an incident that happened today, when someone is going towards Moscow." Now they are not saving anything, they are striking us with planes and helicopters at the columns with civilians. And they hit civilians because they’re missing. And they hit anywhere they can. Thus, we are the patriots, but those resisting us today are those who gathered around scumbags.
"Regarding the betrayal of the Motherland, the President is deeply mistaken. We’re patriots of our Motherland. We fought and we are fighting, all fighters of PMC Wagner. And no one is going to surrender to the demands of the President, FSB, or anyone else. Because we don’t want the country to live further in corruption lies, and bureaucracy. When we fought in Africa, we were told that we needed Africa, and then they dumped it, because they stole all the money that was meant to come for help. When we were told we are fighting with Ukraine, we went and fought. But it turned out that the ammo, weapons, all money put towards this were also being stolen, while officials are sitting and saving them for themselves for an incident that happened today, when someone is going towards Moscow." Now they are not saving anything, they are striking us with planes and helicopters at the columns with civilians. And they hit civilians because they’re missing. And they hit anywhere they can. Thus, we are the patriots, but those resisting us today are those who gathered around scumbags.
Meanwhile regular Russians in Rostov and other cities captured by Wagner seem to think this is some kind of curiosity. People are taking selfies with the Wagner tanks. Russians are so passive and apathetic these days, they don’t seem to care who is in power as long as their lives are not affected.
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