He said: “This might look like a well known Putin tactic where he turns people against each other in his own government, but this is in a different league.
“Most worrisome for the Kremlin is this promise: ‘We’re all going to march’. These 25,000 guys – to Moscow. That sounds very much like a putsch, like a coup.
“That’s certainly why the FSB is involved, and there’s probably a direct link to Putin there.
“He would have been the one who said to the FSB, you’ve got to go in and do something. There’s got to be a lot of worry in the Kremlin tonight.”
A ‘massive blow’ to Russia’s military effort
Former congressman Adam Kinzinger, who served on the House foreign affairs committee, said officials at the Pentagon and White House would be starting to “think through every worst case scenario”.
He told CNN: “Putin out of the picture generally would be great for the world. But you think about the instability for Russia that would inevitably come from that, even if this whole supposed coup fails.
“There will be instability for Russia, which has nuclear weapons. There’s concern about proliferation if the Russian republic falls apart into even more pieces.”
He added: “This is a massive blow to the Russian republic, a massive blow to their military effort [in Ukraine].”
Kyiv was also closely tracking developments.
Its armed forces posted on Twitter: “We are watching.”
Mykhailo Podolyak, one of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top advisers, said “tumultuous times are coming” for Russia.
Firm-Guide-2485 on June 24th, 2023 at 03:46 UTC »
Whoever wins everyone loses in that country
droopyheadliner on June 24th, 2023 at 03:24 UTC »
Damn so this is really happening, huh…
EivorIsle on June 24th, 2023 at 02:52 UTC »
Putin made this bed. He can sleep in this dumpster fire.