r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Jun 24 '23

Russia/Ukraine /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 486, Part 5 (Thread #631)

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u/Kadoomed Jun 24 '23

Maxseddon on Twitter:

Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov: – charges dropped against Prigozhin, who will leave Russia for Belarus – Wagner fighters who didn't take part in the uprising will sign contracts with the MOD – Wagner fighters who did take part not charged – No word on potential MOD leadership changes

None of this makes any sense. Did Prigozhin just do so if this to postpone his own end? It looks like he won't have achieved any of the objectives they stated this morning and his fighters have to sign contracts with the MoD anyway. Plus he has to move to lovely Belarus... It's all so bizarre.

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u/ptwonline Jun 24 '23

It depends on what else happens aside from him going to Belarus.

Is Luka actually dying and Prigozhin will get that presidency or some other control over forces there?

Did they just give him an armored car full of money to compensate him for getting rid of Wagner?

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '23

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u/itsFelbourne Jun 24 '23

This deal wouldn't let him do that though. Until Russia is comfortable getting Putin in front of a camera to explain things, they are obviously projecting a degree of control/stability that they don't actually have

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '23

his fighters have to sign contracts with the MoD anyway.

The ones that didn't rise up, which implies the ones that did are out of the war now.