Something IS cooking…..
Wagner boss Prigozhin and his trooper’s move within `125 miles of Moscow’ unopposed ….
Purtin and company HAVE TO have had a shit fit with media calling the move by the Wagner head a naked grab at the leadership of the Russian Army and the Ukraine Offensive running….
I do NOT care what U call it?
Displacing the heads of the Russian Army IS taking OVER the country…..
Now?
Putin makes a deal and sends Prigozhin away to Belarus?
(What happens to the Wagner 20,000 troops and their tanks?)
The same place Putin just sent tactical nukes to?
I mean if the guy can move to take over Moscow?
Why NOT Belarus?
Soooooo?
Putin won’t get the Ukraine…..
But now?
Is there gonna be fight for Belarus?
Or?
Does Belarus go active against the Ukraine to keep Prigozhin in Putin’s good graces?
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has cancelled a trip to the Midddle East….
The guy and his Boss , The Sec of Defense HAVE to be worried about where the heck all this is going….
Belarus strongman Aleksander Lukashenko has conducted talks with Yevegeny Prigozhin.
As a result of the negotiations that lasted for the whole day, Prigozhin has agreed to de-escalate.
Lukashenko’s press service reports the negotiations took place with Vladimir Putin’s agreement.
“Prigozhin has agreed to stop the march towards Moscow and take further steps to de-escalate the situation,” the statement says.
As part of the agreement, Wagner fighters get security guarantees.
What else was offered to Prigozhin and mercenaries is not clear.
Russia has been using the territory of Belarus to launch attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, effectively erasing Belarus’ sovereignty.
And any signs showing that Putin’s grip on power is weaking threatens the regime in Minsk that is heavily dependent on Moscow.
Earlier today, Svitlana Tikhanovskaya, the opposition leader who challenged Lukashenko in 2020 presidential elections, said the Wagner’s rebellion “is the best chance to kick the Russian military out from [Belarus]”.
“If we miss this chance,” she said in her video appeal, “Russia will do to us exactly what they did to Ukraine.”
Note…
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is beating back Russia’s armed forces, the head of Russia’s notorious mercenary outfit, Wagner Group, declared in an explosive attack on his own allies.
Speaking to the camera in a video uploaded to Telegram on Friday, Yevgeny Prigozhin said “the Russian army is in retreat on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts,” adding that Kyiv’s troops are “pushing back the Russian army.”
At the same time, the outspoken billionaire questioned the Kremlin’s rationale for starting the war, admitting “the Armed Forces of Ukraine were not going to attack Russia with NATO.”…
image…Reuters