Last night a group of young Somali’s attacked the police using fireworks.
This wasn’t in some faraway European social experiment like France, this was right here in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Now we can see the true motivation for Prigozhins actions over the weekend. It wasn’t some 5D chess move from Putin, it was Prigozhin looking after his own wealth from the MOD attempting to disband his private army. #WagnerCoup#UkraineRussiaWar️
🚨WATCH: Putin delivers his first speech since the Wagner Rebellion.
Here are some quotes and key points:
- “We took all measures to neutralize danger”
- “We would have destroyed the armed coup in any case”
- "The organizers of the coup betrayed the homeland and the people"
- “Wagner fighters were also patriots and liberated land that belonged to the homeland and one of them tried to use them in a dark operation.”
- "Wagner operatives can sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense or go to Belarus"
- "There were extortions and attempts to arrange internal unrest, but they were doomed to failure"
- Putin thanked those Wagner soldiers who stopped at the last line and did not resort to bloodshed.
- Putin assured that the promise he made to Wagner mercenaries would be fulfilled.
- Vladimir Putin thanked Lukashenka for his contribution to settling the rebellion.
The speech is as expected, however I was surprised by Putin's aggressive stance against Prigozhin, Wagner's chief. Although indirect, It shows bad blood between the two despite the brokered deal.
Do you agree with Putin's statement that any attempts at a coup would have been NEUTRALIZED?