Russian military units are defecting to Wagner.

[speak easy]

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[roamer65]

1. Welcome to the next RuZZian Civil War.

[speak easy]

3. it's not over until

[Frasier Balzov]

2. Is Putin going to need to use tactical nukes... on Russia??

[ancianita]

4. Who is paying Wagner?

[W_HAMILTON]

6. They are a mercenary group with their own funding from operations in other countries.

One of the reasons they are so pissed at Russia is because they felt like they have hung their troops out to dry in terms of supplies, logistics, etc.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. They are stealing gold, lithium and diamonds from Africa

[ancianita]

11. Ah yes, I'd forgotten. Thanks.

[gab13by13]

5. Wagner comprises 20% of Putin's army in Ukraine.

Ukraine can take advantage of this.

[Captain Zero]

7. Wagner is privatizing Russia

Sounds like.

[Lancero]

8. Do we know who the forces at Zaporizhzhia align with?

Given that Putin ordered the power plant laid up with explosives, it'd be pretty bad if any of the soldiers their started fighting amongst each other.

[speak easy]

9. The Joint Chiefs, as long as they have confidence in the chain of command.

It will not have escaped their attention that the Defense Minister has fled to Moscow, and the Deputy Defense Minister has been taken into custody by Wagner in Rostov.

[Mysterian]

12. If correct, this is the greatest news I've heard for a long time

If regular Russian military units join the revolt, we could have an actual civil war and the end of the murderous Russian occupation of Ukraine.

[Buckeyeblue]

13. The big concern in this chaos has to be the nukes

As the chaos continues how do we prevent a rogue figure from launching missiles like they are fireworks?

Hell, if Putin feels like his defeat in imminent, he might do it.

This situation could get tricky.