Now Putin….. This isn’t just Putin’s war… Russians gathering on the streets of Rostov to say goodbye to the Wagner Group, treating them like rockstars. #RussiaCivilWar#Moscow#Wagner#RussiaIsCollapsing#Prigozhin#Rostov#Russia
①Russia no longer has a Defence Minister (was Shoigu) nor the war commander (was Gerasimov). Whatever deal Prigozhin made is fatal for Putin. Coup plotters either succeed or die in a dictatorship. You don't just walk away after doing the coup half-way (and incredibly successfully). Coup is either ongoing (most likely) or it already succeeded (unlikely). Only Prigozhin's death will indicate coup failure. Regardless, all roads now lead to: 1) Collapse of Russia. 2) Ukraine's complete liberation of all occupied territories, likely significantly faster than what could have been best-case scenario before the coup began.
Soviet Air Force Colonel and former Soviet & Russian MP Viktor Alksnis: "I am forced to bitterly admit that Russian Federation is one step closer to its final and irreversible demise. As of today, there are two presidents in Russia - the real president Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin and the jester-president for scapegoating, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. The main purpose of the jester-president is to periodically address the real president from a kneeling position with the question: 'What pleases you, Yevgeny Viktorovich?' Never, even in my worst nightmare dream could I have imagined that I would see this shame and destruction of my country." Note Alksnis is saying this without any fear of reprisals from Putin.