“Prigozhin has not actually launched a coup against the Russian government but protesting in such a way to express his dissatisfaction toward top Russian defense officials and to demand better treatment for the Wagner group”
“Quelling the revolt in such a short period of time actually consolidated the authority of the Putin administration, which has little impact on the frontline battlefield between Russia and Ukraine”
“Those events could push Putin to accelerate the end of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to avoid similar risks, and further strengthen ties with neighboring countries such as Belarus and Kazakhstan”
Traditionally a coup attempt can go either way. It’s a wonderful excuse to crack down and purge dissent, while also rallying support from your partisans by telling them that their enemies are all around and they need discipline and conviction to protect the state/volk/Sparkle Motion/whatever.
Prigozhin has not actually launched a coup against the Russian government but protesting in such a way to express his dissatisfaction
Peacefully protesting by shooting down seven top of the line attack helicopters.
Peacefully protesting by shooting down seven top of the line attack helicopters.
I don’t think we actually have confirmation that any of these happened besides dubious videos and claims posted to Telegram. Peskov officially stated that there were zero deaths. We’ve seen no bodies and as far as I’m aware there’s been no crash site photography, typically civilians are first on scene to downed aircraft and take a lot of pictures.
They might be real but also seems a bit murky.
Oh the absolute most common thing you can assume people do is call every downed equipment burned, with all crew dead.
A jet? Probably survived. Helicopter? I’m assuming you’re so fucked. So so fucked. Jesus. Tank? Everyone survived, usually kills the javelineers & remains mobile (the videos of it are brutal, I don’t recommend looking that up)
Helicopters can soft land sometimes. There’s a technique called autorotation where the rotors are allowed to spin freely after the loss of engine power, slowing the descent of the helicopter and allowing for a controlled landing. It’s not 100%, but it’s a standard emergency technique. The wiki says some guy managed to do it from 12.5km up when his engine flamed out climbing to a world record altitude.
I think putsch, strike, protest, something like that is better than coup here.
What’s not in the argument is tacticool analysis.
5000 wagner guys versus the 25000 moscow cops lol? Unthinkable. And the idea of them squaring off the guys who provide all their supplies and weapons and are like 50 times larger
