The Wagner Group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, is in the midst of an armed conflict against the Russian government.
on Saturday that for the moment Prigozhin's declaration of war is"his attempt to engineer the ouster of the Defense Minister and the Chairman of the General Staff, with whom he's been feuding for months now and recently accused of ordering an attack on some Wagner units. But if things go his way he may up his ask."
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen. Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James Stavridis suggested on Saturday that Prigozhin could become an"absolute dictator" amid civil unrest in Russia.Meanwhile, retired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, former commanding general of U.S. Army Europe, wrote on Twitter on Saturday that Putin is facing"ever-increasing" pressure from"multiple fronts" amid civil unrest.
Hertling added that large number of Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, movement by Wagner forces toward Moscow, guerilla activities by operatives throughout Russia, and fear of uprisings in several key partner states are some of the factors currently plaguing Putin. Hertling concluded by writing,"Some might call this the result of 'corrusion' [sic], but I wouldn't. This is a criminal kleptocratic authoritarian state that fell due to one man's hubris and many contributors who are corrupt and power-hungrey [sic]."-Large # of RU tTroops defending in Ukraine against an ever-increasing Ukrainian offensive.— MarkHertling
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