‘Couldn’t Act’: Report: Putin ‘paralysed’ at start of Wagner uprising

“couldn’t act”
Report: Putin “paralyzed” by start of Wagner uprising

7/25/2023 1:46 PM

When a power struggle between Prigogine and the military leadership escalated a month ago, Boss Wagner sent his forces toward Moscow—far too far, in fact. One media report offered an explanation for this, according to which Putin “paralyzed” at the start of the uprising.

At the start of the Wagner uprising a month ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin was reportedly unable to act decisively. Putin is “paralysed,” he writes “Washington Post” Citing information from Ukrainian and other European security sources. Most of the days no orders are delivered.

Accordingly, Putin was warned two or three days in advance that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning a coup. Security has been stepped up at several strategic locations, including the Kremlin, where the Presidential Guard has been strengthened and armed.

“So Putin had enough time to make a decision [den Aufstand] Disband and arrest the organizers,” a European security official, who wished to remain anonymous, told the newspaper. “Once it started, there was a freeze at all levels. There was complete chaos and confusion. They don’t know how to behave for a long time.”

“Symptoms of an Unhealthy Situation”

“Local authorities have not received any orders from the leadership,” the newspaper quoted a senior Ukrainian security official as saying. “In our view, this is the biggest sign of an unhealthy situation in Russia.” Without clear orders, local military and security chiefs would have decided not to deploy the heavily armed Wagner troops.

These statements were made by CIA Director William J. are consistent with Burns’s general statements. He said last week that Russian security services, the military and decision-makers were “apparently helpless” during the 36-hour uprising. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov contradicted the security officials’ statements. He told the Washington Post that the intelligence estimates were “bullshit” and “spread by the uninformed.”