Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion

Until there’s a body, I’ll remain slightly sceptical, despite this potentially being an obvious show of strength from Putin.

Shame that Girkin didn’t go this way, as that would have been poetic justice.
 
It would be very nice for Ukraine if this leads to new unrests inside Russia. Wagner is quite popular in the eyes of the public and all they need would be either a new leader to summon them, or Prigozhin himself again if he wasn't on that plane.
 
Probably something Putin started planning the second the convoy turned around and went back to Ukraine.
 
Do you really believe that.

Well I wouldn't say its typical, but the wing does appear to have fallen off in this case.

In other news, Russian telegram channels reporting Wagner are leaving camps in Belarus.

"Wagner PMC has a long-established approved mechanism of action in case of death of Yevgency Prigozhin or Dmitry Utkin. According to a Readovka source, it is approved and is entered automatically for all PMC commanders. If the death of a businessman or Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin during the crash of a business jet with the number RA-02795 is confirmed, then the algorithm will be launched immediately. However, the source declined to specify what exactly this mechanism implies, but he separately noted that this would be very bad news anyway."
 
Wonder if he had some sort of “if I just happen to die, do this” type of instructions to his men? He seemed fairly crafty, surely he wasn’t stupid enough to think he was completely in the clear.
 
What are the repercussions of this? Do Wagner fall in line or any chance they will try and seek revenge against Putin's regime?
 
What are the repercussions of this? Do Wagner fall in line or any chance they will try and seek revenge against Putin's regime?
My guess is Wagner is done for. Putin and his regime won't give up on Wagner operations abroad but likely replace Wagner with some other group.