Chance (25 Jun 2023)
"Problems With The Wagner Group In Russia - Attempted Take Over"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
Looks like Putin has/had? a military coup going on in Russia!  The Wagner Group is a small army (private military contractor) that's been fighting along side the Russian military in Ukraine - the founder of the group is Yevgeny Prigozhin who's been more and more vocal about the problems he is seeing in the way the Russian Defense Minister is handling the "military operation" in Ukraine.  He wants Shoigu gone! 
 
Intel as of Saturday morning:  'Wagner convoy nearing Moscow with 5,000 fighters.'  Then followed by this: strong possibility an "agreement" has been reached for Prigozhin to stand down.  Maybe Shoigu has resigned?  Looks like Belarus President Lukashenko has stepped in and mediated a "deal"...  Prigozhin has halted his advance on Moscow.
 
This situation is being closely monitored by NATO/U.S. - "The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley cancelled his trip to the Middle East because of the situation in Russia." 
(1) Russia live updates: Putin vows to crush Wagner’s armed revolt, accused of treason
 
Looks like Wagner Group founder/leader Prigozhin has had it!
 
The private army called 'Wagner', that's been fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, has turned on Putin and taken control of "the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, a city 660 miles south of Moscow that runs Russian operations in Ukraine....Wagner troops and equipment also rolled into Russia's Lipetsk province, about 225 miles south of Moscow, where authorities "are taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the population"....
 
The leader of the Wagner group is Yevgeny Prigozhin whose actions Putin has now called "betrayal" and "treason'.  Prigozhin calls himself a patriot and has been very vocal for some time now that he isn't happy with the way Russia is fighting in Ukraine.
 
Prigozhin said, "This is not a military coup, but a march of justice."  Putin said, "The entire military, economic, and information machine of the West is waged against us."
Putin calls armed rebellion by mercenary chief a betrayal and vows to punish its leaders
 
 
Well it certainly comes at a very bad time - with the war going on and NATO escalating their arming of Ukraine...sending in more and more sophisticated military equipment and providing intelligence, troops, etc to Ukraine.  Not a good time for Russia to be dealing with internal fighting.  
 
Friday I received two SMS Alert Textfrom alertsusa.com:  "The Wagner private military group has been fighting with the Russian military for months over tactics, lack of supplies and reinforcements.  Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin blasted Russia's defense ministry as "evil" earlier this evening, saying Moscow's military leadership "must be stopped" after an alleged Russian missile strike killed scores of his fighters at a training camp.  (It's looking like this was a deliberate attack after the Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu "decided to destroy Wagner."  Maybe Frankenstein wanted to destroy his monster!  As Wagner is Russia's 'military hand' in Venezuela, Syria, Ukraine, and Africa.)
 
Roadblocks have been set up around the wealthy Rublyovka area outside Moscow where many Kremlin officials reside.  Military units are in the streets of Moscow near the Ministry of Defense."
 
The taking of the Russian military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don is a major blow - this is a "key hub for Russia's Special Military Operation in Ukraine.  The M-4 highway connecting Rostov and Moscow has been closed south of the capital.  The Mayor of Moscow issued a statement saying the city is increasing counter-terrorism patrols."
 
And alertsusa.com sent out a third SMS Alert Text early Saturday morning:  "Russia's Putin addresses nation in recorded msg, vows defense of country, calls Prigozhin/Wagner actions treason.  Security increasing Moscow.  Monitoring.  Putin's address was completed within the last 15 min.  He is clearly angry in this message: 
 
"Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation on Saturday as Russia faces a rebellion from the Wagner group that has vowed to topple Moscow's military leadership."
(147) Watch: Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation - YouTube
run time 5:20
 
The Wagner Group "has been suspected of operating in at least 30 countries to further Russian interests, including in Syria, Libya, Venezuela, and the Central African Republic....The split between Putin and Prigozhin also raises questions about how long Wagner forces will continue to prop up Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, Nicola Maduro's in Venezuela and some governments in Africa."
Why did Wagner turn on Russia? What we know about the mercenary group rebelling against Putin
 
The arrest of Prigozhin has been ordered.  Prigozhin said the Russian top brass is incompetent and has been "starving his troops of weapons and ammunition....he said his troops would punish Shoigu in an armed rebellion and urged the (Russian) army not to offer resistance."
Russia has ordered the arrest of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin : NPR
 
This is an interesting twist.  If true, Prigozhin is standing down and the Russian Defense minister has resigned and Wagner is returning troops to Ukraine.  Removing the top military brass AND Putin has certainly been the goal of warmongers in D.C. and other NATO countries - they want Putin gone! I did not know that the Russian Wagner Group was 'propping up Venezuela, Syria, African dictators.'.  Oh brother!  Everything is very fluid and on a knife edge.  This is an example of how things can change quickly.  We don't really need years or months...hours or days can change the dynamics quickly!  Governments could topple and new leaders arise (like the ten kingdoms in The Revelation) overnight!
 
This situation in Russia is extremely volatile - one misstep by either side could result in large-scale violence.  Putin can now see the problem of this large and capable military group - they could end up calling the shots and not Russia top brass/Putin!  (Maybe this is why Shoigu ordered the Russian military to attack the Wagner Group - if this is indeed true - Putin knew Wagner Group could go rogue.) Can Putin trust Wagner now?  Not without handing over a lot of control....very dangerous situation.
 
Russia has mobile nuclear missiles - in the wrong hands.....
 
And who knows how many other "fingers" are in this pie...certainly the CIA/U.S.??!!
 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance