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US says Wagner coup is ‘real’ and ‘serious’ as White House consults allies (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Five@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Joe Biden has been briefed on the chaotic situation in Russia with US officials describing it as “serious”.

The president was being kept informed as Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was accused by Moscow of launching an armed rebellion.

A White House National Security Council spokesman said: “We are monitoring the situation and will be consulting with allies and partners on these developments.”

A US official told CNN this crisis was “real” but the Pentagon and White House were waiting to see how it developed.

Steve Hall, former CIA chief of Russia operations, said it was in a “different league” to Prigozhin’s previous complaints against the Russian military hierarchy.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And Prigozhin and his lawless band of ex-prisoners and other violent misfits gain control of Russian nuclear weapons. There are already reports of them seizing a nuclear weapons depot. This is not a turn for the better, except insofar as it could weaken the Russians' position in Ukraine. But if Prigozhin seizes power things could get worse again for Ukraine. Prigozhin's whole schtick is that the Russian military leadership has been incompetent in managing the war. It remains to be seen whether he'd go back at it harder or back out of the whole misadventure, blaming it on Putin's military leaders.