Moscow has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” as the mercenary group says it’s engaging in battles with the regular Russian military.
Moscow has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” as the mercenary group says it’s engaging in battles with the regular Russian military.
Tinfoil hat time: Is it possible that this is a ruse in some way to get Ukraine to drop their guard down for some strategic reason while also pulling back troops to reinforce strategic military points coming back to Moscow? Seems very unlikely, but I wonder.
One thing I learned is that you shouldn’t believe anything any side says, especially before the thing happens
No, that seems far-fetched as a goal. It COULD however in my opinion be a psyops to allow Putin a way out of the war though, the scripted slowly escalating conflict between Kremlin and Wagner has been going a bit too cleanly so far.
Ummm… no. This is the exact kind of thing that will destroy any left-over confidence in the war-effort.
No, this is a disaster for Putin, even if they do manage to crush this coup attempt - I don’t see how Russia will be able to continue the war in Ukraine after this for very long.