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It was all over in less than 24 hours. Yevgeny Prigozhin announced a “march for justice” just past 9 PM on June 23, 2023, promising that “Anyone who tries to resist we will consider a threat, and we will swiftly eliminate.”
Wagner troops secured the key logistics hub of Rostov-on-Don, then secured the major city of Voronezh, about a six-hour drive south of Moscow. Videos and photos of troops loyal to Vladimir Putin digging trenches and preparing for a defense of Moscow were all over social media.
By 8 PM on June 24th, news broke that Wagner troops had turned back and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had brokered a deal. The hope was that a protracted civil war in Russia might force a general withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, or at least severely hamper Russian operations were quickly dashed.
And Russian weakness exposes itself on both sides.
Wagner troops secured the key logistics hub of Rostov-on-Don, then secured the major city of Voronezh, about a six-hour drive south of Moscow. Videos and photos of troops loyal to Vladimir Putin digging trenches and preparing for a defense of Moscow were all over social media.
By 8 PM on June 24th, news broke that Wagner troops had turned back and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had brokered a deal. The hope was that a protracted civil war in Russia might force a general withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, or at least severely hamper Russian operations were quickly dashed.
Ukraine Update: The Coup that Wasn't
It was all over in less than 24 hours. Yevgeny Prigozhin announced a “march for justice” just past 9 PM on June 23, 2023, promising that “ Anyone who tries to resist we will consider a threat, ...
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And Russian weakness exposes itself on both sides.