Saturday, 24 June 2023

Putin on the ropes

Grim-faced Putin blasts Wagner chief Prigozhin for 'stabbing him in the back' and threatens severe punishment after warlord's feared militia take control of military HQ - with Moscow going into red alert for a coup

Vladimir Putin has called Wagner chief Yvegney Prigozhin's military coup 'treason' as he addressed the Russian people on Saturday. Moscow is in lockdown amid growing fears of a military coup as Yvegney Prigozhin and his feared 25,000-strong Wagner militia take control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, saying they are 'ready to die' as they vow revenge for a military strike from Putin's forces that the mercenary leader says killed some of his men. All public events have been cancelled in the Russian capital as Vladimir Putin prepares to take to TV in a bid to affirm his increasingly shaky grip on power. Prigozhin issued a new message at about 7:30am Saturday Moscow time saying his men have infiltrated the Southern Defense Command in Rostov-on-Don and that the city's airfield was under his control.

LIVE Russian crisis LIVE: Putin accuses Prigozhin of a 'stab in the back' as Wagner group sweep in to Rostov-on-Don, military on streets of Moscow, 'has look of military coup'

MAILONLINE LIVEBLOG: Get all the latest news and updates on the Russian crisis at MailOnline's live blog on June 24, 2023.

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Wagner seize control of Russian military HQ after commanding officer FLED when mercenaries arrived: Warlord Prigozhin says 25,000 men will march on Moscow to take out 'evil' chiefs as Putin charges him with mutiny

Russian military vehicles were seen on the streets of Rostov-on-Don after Prigozhin called for an armed rebellion in a direct challenge to the Kremlin.

From Putin's 'chef' to leading a coup against the Kremlin: How Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin rose up the ranks from caterer to chief of shadowy mercenary company that devastated Ukraine

For Prigozhin, 62, who made his money providing catering services and eared himself the nickname 'Putin's chef', it was not so long ago was considered a close ally of Putin and the Kremlin.

Friday, 23 June 2023

Russian Civil War starts tonight

Head of Wagner mercenaries brands Putin's army chiefs 'evil' who 'must be stopped' and launches 'march for justice' towards Moscow: Kremlin puts troops on capital's streets and vows to smash 'armed mutiny' as TV runs emergency bulletin

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has accused Russia of killing a 'huge number' of its forces in strikes and vowed to retaliate. He has ramped up his verbal attacks against Moscow in recent weeks, including questioning the very need for the military operation.

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Now is the time for the Rosary everybody, Putin must fall, and a new changed Russia born

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary leader said his group would stop the “evil” of Moscow’s military leadership CREDIT: AP

The Russian military has ordered Wagner troops to stand down and return to their bases amid reports the mercenary group has launched a coup against the Kremlin.

It comes amid unconfirmed reports of Russian border guards reportedly not stopping a column of Wagner fighters moving through a checkpoint in Novoshakhtinsk, in Russia’s Rostov region.

On Friday night Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary leader, accused the Russian military of shelling his fighters and said his group would stop the “evil” of Moscow’s military leadership.

Russia’s security service launched a criminal investigation into Prigozhin and accused him of an “armed rebellion”.

Soldiers across Russia were put on high alert after Prigozhin said that he had 25,000 men ready to fight.

“This is a stab in the back of the country and the president,” Gen Vladimir Alekseyev, the deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence agency said in a video appeal urging Mr Prigozhin’s fighters not to join a rebellion. “This is a coup”.

Later reports said that Putin’s motorcade was seen speeding through Moscow to the Kremlin from his residence in the suburbs of the capital.

The deputy commander of Russia’s Ukraine campaign, General Sergey Surovikin, urged Wagner soldiers to stand down.

Follow the latest updates below.

ByMaighna Nanu, FOREIGN REPORTER and Josh White

11:48PM

Prigozhin calls for Russian national guard to join him

Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly called for Russia’s national guard to join Wagner troops on their “march for justice”.

Speaking via one of Wagner’s online messageboard channels, the mercenary chief said the guard, or Rosgvardia, should join him or “things will go badly”.

“The most promising politician appeals to the National Guard (Rosgvardia) with an offer that is better not refused,” he said.

“Obeying criminal orders and attempting to interfere with the planned campaign of justice will end badly for employees who have made the wrong choice.”

11:44PM

This is real, US official tells CNN

US officials are closely watching the situation in Russia and one source has told CNN: “This is real”.

The source told CNN that the US understands Prigozhin’s comments to be more than rhetoric.

11:21PM

Russian troops are on high alert amid ‘coup’ reports

Russian troops are on high alert across the country after Wagner’s chief urged citizens to stay inside and threatened to march on the Kremlin.

Security was stepped up on Friday night at government buildings, transport facilities and other key locations in Moscow, the state news agency TASS reported, citing a source at a security service.

Hours earlier, Russian authorities had accused the head of the Wagner private militia of organising an armed mutiny after he vowed to avenge what he alleged, without evidence, was the killing of 2,000 of his fighters by the Russian army.

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Thursday, 22 June 2023

Singapore, well you are still reading, so here's the Profile for my main Blogger, but you are looking at the other 2 as well

michaelgcasey

My blogs

The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker

About me

Gender	Male
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Introduction	I've updated this today 30th May 2023 https://anchor.fm/michael-casey1 IS MY PODCAST I'm Michael Casey from Birmingham England, the fat silver haired writer in shades. Beware of Others with the EXACT SAME NAME, they are not me, and would not want to be me ... I've done loads of writing, 3,000,000 Words worth over 34 years now But before I started I LISTENED to BBC Radio 4 for 20 years, from the age of 10 or younger Frank Brown our lodger, went back to County Tyrone and he gifted us his Bush Radio 55 years in love with words, and I still look so dashing. I have a picture in the attic, just like Dorian Gray I've also had an interest in Politics for 50 years with my dad heckling the tv and Politicians. I also suffer various illnesses including Tinnitus which is not a Roman lover, just lots of hiss, a whirlwind HORRENDOUS , and CHRONIC PAIN mainly left shoulder Contact michaelgcasey@hotmail.com to talk, but enough of the smart alec RUBBISH emails
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The Dead and The Living

The Dead and The Living (c)

Michael Casey

I first saw a deceased when I was nine years old ,my father said not

to worry as the dead are the same as the living , only the laughter

has left them , the sparkle has gone from their eyes , the worry has

been lifted from their shoulders , and their voice has vanished to

eternity .

In paradise the sparkle will return for it is the twinkle of the

stars , the laughter will return too for it is the morning breeze and

the turning tides are their sides shaking with laughter .

I treat the deceased with the same courtesy as I give to the living,

though I find the deceased are always more polite . My father also

had a few words to say about the living .

He said that the living are only the caretakers of the soul , yet

they think their existence is everything , that they know everything

because they experience many things with their senses .

What the living don't acknowledge is that their time is short and

when I lay their bodies to rest then their souls continue without

them , without their strong , without their weak , without their

beautiful or even ugly temporary form , to where I cannot say , only

that it is a better place .

Percy the undertaker placed the lid on the coffin ,the soul was free

THE BEGINNING

*****

from The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker by Michael Casey