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I'm also finding myself out of the loop. Civil war? A coup? What?
The Wagner mercenary group is rebelling against Putin and not really meeting much resistance as they travel towards Moscow, even picking up new soldiers along the way. As it started on Friday night, a lot of Russian soldiers were too drunk to be useful. Putin has fled Moscow.
tl;dr Russia hired Wagner mercenaries, Wagner mercs felt threatened in some way (not clear at the moment, various theories), turned around and are now headed to Moscow and Moscow is shitting bricks. There is a lot of confusion and confabulation at the moment.
Sounds like fun
https://kyivindependent.com/wagner-vehicles-reach-lipetsk-oblast-300-kilometers-south-of-moscow/