Incoming reports of Wagner Group soldiers leaving their missions in Africa and Syria to join the military coup in Russia against Putin.

kjr, 11 months ago

@shishmish And how they leave their place and arrive to Russia? Russian airports and sky are at the moment under governmental control. And I don't think that Syria will take part on the conflict organizing flights to Wager.

SlowNPC, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

Wagner took over Rostov last night. They have an airport.

Xeelee, 11 months ago

Maybe Poland will let them pass through.

lerba, 11 months ago

Yeah this needs some sources to be taken seriously

geoffervescent, 11 months ago

Everyone is writing about it like Prighozin just Order 66'd Putin when that's absolutely not what's going down.

kiwifoxtrot, 11 months ago

That might not have been the original goal, but it is the only conclusion if Wagner wins.

SpacemanSpiff, 11 months ago

Exactly. Wagner says “not a coup” but if you’re the only force left at the end of the day that’s the only path forward. Doesn’t matter if they don’t make surface changes and Putin is still “president”….Wagner would have effective control.

tal, 11 months ago

Well, Putin has publicly supported the military now. It seems likely to me that either Prighozin or Putin doesn't come out of this in one piece.

operator, 11 months ago

Hard to see how that may happen, but the russians have surprised me more than than I can count. Many things are happening in the background which we are not aware of. So many event in the last 486 days in which I thought - "thats it"