"I do not think that the Wagner Mutiny is the last chapter of the Prigozhin-Putin drama."
This statement was made by US Secretary of State Blinken. Antony Blinken called this uprising a challenge to Putin's authority and the war in Ukraine.
Historian and political analyst, author of books on Britain, Turkiye, and the South Caucasus, Dr. Patrick Walsh told the Ednews that the Wagner Mutiny came as a very unexpected bonus for the Biden administration, and they have worked up its significance ever since:
"Their hope is that there will be another challenge to Putin's authority because, in essence, this is what the war in Ukraine is all about for Washington—the overthrow of Vladimir Putin. Machiavelli advised against private armies because if they were incompetent, they were useless, but if they were effective, like the Ottoman Janisaries, they would pose a threat to the state. Now Putin has decided to dispense with the services of the Wagner group in Ukraine and has fired Prigozhin, granting him freedom as long as he removes himself from the scene."
Walsh added that the US problem has been revealed at Vilnius:
"They are unprepared to provide Kiev with the weapons to escalate the war due to a fear of bringing on a full NATO/Russia confrontation, and they are unwilling to admit Ukraine to NATO for the same reason. Putin launched the Special Military Operation primarily to keep Ukraine out of NATO. With the US letdown of Zelensky and the current failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive to break the Russian lines, it looks like Putin calculated correctly. That is why Blinken is so fixated on a Russian implosion. It seems to be Washington's only hope."
According to him, it was a demand of Prigozhin that Gerasimov and Shoigu be dismissed:
"Prigozhin had decided to take Bakhmut rather than just hold the line, which was the mission Wagner was given by the Russian Command. This decision by Prigozhin to go for glory diverted considerable aerospace and artillery resources and angered Gerasimov and Shoigu. A bitter feud developed between them and Prigozhin, who accused the Command of giving Wagner insufficient support."
"However, Putin has been careful not to bow to Prigozhin's call for Gerasimov's dismissal. If Putin reshuffles his command, he will do it in such a way that it is on his terms. The Russian President does not want to appear intimidated by Prigozhin. At the moment, Gerasimov and Shoigu remain in place.
Wagner has now surrendered all its heavy weaponry to the Russian defense Ministry" an international expert concluded.
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