--- title: "Coup Plot in Russia? Unfolding Drama" type: "post" post_id: "4473" slug: "coup-plot-in-russia-unfolding-drama" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/06/23/coup-plot-in-russia-unfolding-drama/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/06/23/coup-plot-in-russia-unfolding-drama.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/06/23/coup-plot-in-russia-unfolding-drama.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/06/23/coup-plot-in-russia-unfolding-drama.txt" published: "2023-06-23T22:59:35+00:00" modified: "2023-06-23T23:06:37+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "NATO" - "perception management" - "Russia" - "Ukraine" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **Admittedly, I don’t know what to make of this ?** **Some type of dramatic distraction? Or an actual disagreement of some sort?** **Some are disputing the hit/strike on Wagner’s camp**. **Wagner is claiming Russian military hit the camp, others are suggesting this is not accurate-** **The Kremlin is relatively quiet. The statement from Peskov doesn’t give much away** > Russian MoD: > All messages and video frames distributed on social networks on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin about the alleged “delivering of a blow by the RF Ministry of Defense on the rear camps of PMC Wagner” do not correspond to reality and are an informational provocation. > > — The\_Real\_Fly (@The\_Real\_Fly) [June 23, 2023](https://x.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1672319136158851106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > 🙃 > > — ayden (@squatsons) [June 23, 2023](https://x.com/squatsons/status/1672336716949241857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **Western/5 eyes media is making hay over this situation**. **So, I’m trying to avoid the 5 eyes for now-** [Russian Defense Ministry denies claim by Wagner head of attack](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russian-defense-ministry-denies-claim-by-wagner-head-of-attack/2929857) > In signs of escalating tension between the Kremlin and the paramilitary Wagner Group, **Russia late Friday denied claims it had attacked the group.** > > Russia’s Defense Ministry denied a claim by Wagner Group head Evgeny Progozhin that Russian forces had attacked a camp of the paramilitary group to the rear of Russian lines in Ukraine, calling it an “informational provocation.” > > **Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also stated that President Vladimir Putin has been fully briefed on the situation with Prigozhin, adding that all necessary measures are being taken.** > > Meanwhile, R**ussia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee opened a criminal case against Prigozhin** on **charges of incitement to armed rebellion and demanded that he “stop the illegal actions.”** > > Earlier, Progozhin on T**elegram shared a voice message claiming that Russian forces had attacked his paramilitary group.** > > After a reported rocket strike on the Wagner Group, **Prigozhin accused the Russian Defense Ministry of responsibility and swore to personally “punish” the perpetrators and Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu**. > > “There’s 25,000 of us and we’re coming to figure out why there’s such chaos in the country,” said Prigozhin. “These 25,000 are waiting as a tactical reserve, and the strategic reserve is the whole army and the whole country. Anyone who wants come and join! We need to end this mess.” > > **He then claimed that Shoygu came to the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to “carry out an operation to destroy Wagner,” adding that he used artillerymen and helicopter pilots “in the dark.”** > > On Thursday, **Progozhin claimed that Russian military chiefs are deceiving Putin.** > > On Telegram, **Progozhin highlighted a discrepancy between his information and official data, claiming that “shameless lies are being brought to the president’s desk.”** [***TASS***](https://tass.com/russia/1637417) > **The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier on Friday that reports circulating on social media that allege the Russian Armed Forces had delivered a strike on “PMC Wagner encampments in the rear” are false** > > MOSCOW, June 23. /TASS/. **Russian President Vladimir Putin is aware of the situation that is unfolding around Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the private military company Wagner, and the necessary measures are being taken, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.** > > ***“President Putin has been briefed on all events around Prigozhin. The necessary measures are being taken,”*** he said. > > The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier on Friday that reports circulating on social media that allege the Russian Armed Forces had delivered a strike on “PMC Wagner encampments in the rear” are false. The ministry also said Russian forces continue to perform combat missions along the line of engagement with Ukrainian forces in the area of the special military operation. > ⚡️More troop movement in Moscow [pic.twitter.com/7LjqavSV1I](https://t.co/7LjqavSV1I) > > — Global News Monitor (@GlobalNewsMontr) [June 23, 2023](https://x.com/GlobalNewsMontr/status/1672359782932414464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)