Russia Surrounded

[version]

It's difficult to tell what's going on, but people on Twitter seem excited and are claiming Wagner have crossed over from Ukraine into Russia and taken a military building in Rostov.

 

[DannyL]

 

[hmg]

It's difficult to tell what's going on, but people on Twitter seem excited and are claiming Wagner have crossed over from Ukraine into Russia and taken a military building in Rostov.

 

[hmg]

This is all rather exciting. More 1917 than 1991.

 

[hmg]

The nutters are actually on the motorway to Moscow

 

[wg-]

The nutters are actually on the motorway to Moscow

The videos of this from telegram etc are unbelievable, air defense systems ready to go, no attempt to stop them from department of interior

Escalated very quickly

 

[DannyL]

 

[DannyL]

I am really looking forward to all the pro-Russia, NATO blaming conspiracy morons taking an absolute massive L on all of this.

 

[wg-]

I know its boring just posting twitter threads but here i go anyway

 

[hmg]

The videos of this from telegram etc are unbelievable, air defense systems ready to go, no attempt to stop them from department of interior

Escalated very quickly

It's always the way in Russia isn't it?

Nothing, nothing, still nothing... EVERYTHING

 

[wg-]

Yes, fair point. It's a lot like the rare occasions where i get drunk on vodka in truth

 

[Leo]

Contributing to the confusion emanating from Rostov-on-Don, civilian onlookers next to the military show of force seem to be unusually calm. In videos circulating online, some people can be seen smoking and drinking beer, and a street cleaner carries on with sweeping litter.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Or a cage fight, like Musk and Zuccy.

 

[Clinamenic]

Maybe they just need to take a leisurely submarine tour of the titanic, you know, take the pressure off.

 

[Clinamenic]

Still reading the details, at least based on this Reuter's article, but this seems to exemplify why Machiavelli warns against using mercenaries over troops.

 

[version]

I've seen people on Reddit and Twitter relishing the prospect of Putin being toppled, but I don't think a power vacuum or Wagner taking control of a nuclear state would be an improvement.

 

[version]

Let's go to Moscow, let's go to Moscow
Let's go, let's go, let's go to Moscow
Find a backdoor to the Kremlin
Push it down and walk on in
Say "Howdy-owdy doodie aye doodie aye-a
How howdy-owdy doodie aye-a"
Let's go, must go, must go, must go, must go to Moscow

 

[wg-]

 

[wg-]

Tbh if you look at the Wagner presence in Africa etc the lad has potentially got very grand ambitions. No doubt the yanks preparing to mobilise

 

[version]

Flights are apparently leaving Moscow now, Putin's presidential plane among them.