From Kyiv, a Ukrainian journalist assesses how the Prigozhin insurrection could impact Putin—and the ongoing war.
Members of the Wagner Group prepare to depart from the Southern Military District's headquarters and return to their base in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023.On Friday night, June 23, Ukrainians went to bed with a glimmer of hope. We had all been living under the cloak of war for 16 months.
Counting on an opponent’s chaos, however, is not a strategy. Every Ukrainian understood this. While UkrainiansRussians may have flirted with the unlikely prospect that a coup would succeed, they knew better. The real silver lining, for those looking on from Kyiv, was more straightforward: Any actions that would serve to undermine the Russian command structure might actually benefit Ukraine.and his war council likely knew that wishful thinking had little value.
When Prigozhin finally blinked and turned tail on Saturday night, most of the global audience blinked as well, and turned the channel. After 24 hours in the spotlight, the Wagner Group had given up its demands. The Russian president’s spokespersonthat the criminal case against Prigozhin—who, earlier that very day, had been accused of state treason and attempted revolution—would now be closed and the would-be coup leader would “go to Belarus” , his fighters offered blanket amnesty.
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