Ukraine Invasion: Part 42

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Setting this up early given the speed of current events

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On now…..

Lukashenko has moved to tomorrow apparently

Standard so far…..Ukraine and the West are “neo-Nazis”. Looks like Prigo’s free pass is being rescinded as well….

"Any kind of blackmail is doomed to failure"

"Virtually the entirety of Russian society has united in support of the country.
The organisers of this rebellion must understand they have to be brought to justice."

Doesn't sound clever for Prigozhin. But if Russia 'blame the US'...

He doesn't look as ill as I'd like him to.

Talking about the courage of the dead pilots (most important asset that Russia lost. They hardly have any left)

Bloody hell, just this second back from my exercise class so didn't know this was happening. Putin looks absolutely evil tonight and completely livid. Grim.

Statement over!

That's the statement that Russia's future ... ?!

Somehow I don't think Prigozhin will make it to Belarus.

Hey ho....

That was distinctly underwhelming, much to my relief

Prigozhin is going to be involved in an unfortunate accident, or just outright assassinated very, very soon.

Sounds like there may be another announcement tonight. But that's it for now

Mass mobilisation?

Yes Sky News says he’ll make a number of important statements….

I just assumed the 'number of statements' were all included in his one address.

Well if they were it was a heap of absolute nothingness 😂

@Igotjelly that is exactly what I'm hoping for😂

Barely worth the stress migraine 😂

@Igotjelly 😂 I get one every time!

Well he's just an attention-seeking toddler so it's his hot air and tantrum.

One thing Prigozhin has done is plant a seed of doubt about the validty of the invasion of Ukraine.

In St. Petersburg, a truck full of cash worth 4 billion rubles was found near Prigozhin's office.
This was confirmed by the mercenary leader himself, who said that it was a payout to the families of the victims.

I found the above interesting, how is the Russian army/government pay out system going ? Didn't they promise families a chunk of money if their relative died during the conflict ?

According to this summary, the speech was a bit of a nothing burger.

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1673415164694089728

There is a second part...

BBC News:

Putin holds meeting with security services - state media
Vladimir Putin is now holding a meeting with the heads of Russian security services, Russian media say.

Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu is also said to be in the meeting.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin demanded Shoigu be sacked before he started his march towards Moscow on Saturday.

Putin is absolutely milking it for dramatic effect, isn’t he?

"Don't venture far from your blue screens" - the Kremlin says.

I knew alcoholism was rife in Russia, but I never knew about the porn. * *