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Russia Hit By Military Mutiny

The head of the Wagner mercenary group has claimed he is inside the army HQ in southern Russia’s Rostov-on-Don and that his fighters control the city’s military sites, including an aerodrome, after vowing to bring down Moscow’s top brass. Here’s more from The Telegraph.

Styxhexenhammer666 says beware of any news leaking out of Russia, particularly news filtered through the fog of war. We can expect plenty of disinformation and propaganda, rival claims and counterclaims, from all of the feuding parties. So it will be some time before we know exactly what’s happening and what’s likely to follow.

Here, Steve Turley gives us a deeper dive into the background rivalries that precipitated this uprising.  It is not something new, but an eruption of long-festering tensions. Bear in mind, Prigozhin is not leading a coup attempt, but a mutiny of sorts aimed at Russia’s military leadership. Turley cites analysts who believe Prigozhin is acting in a shadowy way on behalf of Western powers.