Why is Yevgeny Prigozhin still alive ? - Failed Russian Coup - Putin Era

BBC News: Reports " Wagner boss Prigozhin is in Russia, Belarus ruler Lukashenko says.....Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin - who led a short-lived rebellion in Russia last month - is in Russia and not Belarus, the leader of Belarus says.  "

Lets Get Real:

Putin is making  a bad example of being a Autocrat, before the failed coup Putin would have killed or removed any opposition to him, the CNN anchors were going through the methods used by the Kremlin, those opposed to Putin seems to fall from windows, have door handles covered with poison, or clothes, or been shot and killed or placed in prison for the World to see. In Imperial Russia, Tsar Alexander III and the weak Tsar Nicholas would hang those that were seen as a threat to the Tsar. In the USSR Stalin would murder millions.   It looks like Prigozhin is not going to go quiet and live in Belarus, Putin cannot allow the Wagner boss to make him a laughing stock, is Prigozhin going to do another coup attempt, he was popular in the streets that he took over and he will only be safe if he goes for the top job.   Without the Wagner Group can the Russians hold the areas they control in East Ukraine.   The recent Ukraine worry about the Russians blowing up a nuclear plant in their control has not happened, did the Kyiv Government frighten Russian off, or is Putin holding that back just in case. 

Putin bribes his Army and Security Forces - Ukraine - Russia War - Biden Era

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 3.52pm post the following, " 

Russia to increase military salaries by 10.5%...

The Russian government will raise the salaries for military servicemen by 10.5%, it has announced....The raises will also affect a number of other security officials  "

Lets Get Real:

Thus Putin Kremlin is still worried about the Russian Army and domestic security.  Putin thinks might think that in the last weekend he went through his own 1905 Revolution, and wants to take sure the Army and FSB is loyal, he does not want a 1917 Revolution, and he does not want a House of Special Purpose for himself and his family.  The question is how much can the Russian Army take in the Ukraine, if they are forced out, who will they blame.  The Russian Army no longer has the Wagner Group as back up, so the Ukraine Forces might think this is their chance to take on Russia in the Ukraine and push them out South East Ukraine. The Guardian reports that the  Kremlin might decide to blow up the nuclear plant that they hold, its an option, let's be honest Putin has nothing to lose, and everything to gain. The West would be angry and the Ukraine Forces would need military kit to deal with the radiation from the plant.  Breathing space for Putin and the Kremlin, others could would die from radiation.  

The importance of Bakhmut - Ukraine - Russian War - Biden Era

BBC News: Reports " Why Bakhmut matters for Russia and Ukraine "

Lets Get Real:

As noted yesterday by this blog and by other reporters, there is no military strategic value to Bakhmut, it has made itself important, as the article notes to Ukraine as a symbol and the killing of Russians, those Russians that could be fighting somewhere else in the Ukraine, also its causing frictions in the Russian Forces, the mercenary leader is complaining that his men are not getting the support of other Russian Forces, there is a lack of ammunition, that fact that Russia is using mercenaries  is a very great tell, Putin is afraid that they might have become a THREAT to him, thus it could be one reason for the lack of ammo and the distrust of the Russian Army.   Also the Kremlin wants to keep the Russian Armed Forces happy, Putin does not want them asking question and taking a real hard look at the Russian losses in a operation that was meant to last only a few weeks.  The West must send it tanks to the Ukraine, the Kyiv Government might to hurry its offensive, this is an excellent time to strike the Russians hard.  Also the West needs to consider giving the Kyiv Government the F-16  fighter jets that it has requested, what about getting former Western fighter pilots  to fight the Russians, then the West would have some control over where they fight and when. 

Russian General in Charge of Ukraine WAR - Sacked - Sky Breaking News

Sky News: Reports "  'General Armageddon': Russia replaces commander of Ukraine war after three months in job...Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed "General Armageddon", has been removed from his role as head of Russia's war in Ukraine only three months into the job.  "

Lets Get Real:

This is what happens when a WAR is going very wrong and you need a mercenary army of ex prisoners to backup your Army.  This General was in Syria, it seems the General cannot cope with the other side fighting back and that the plan to destroy the civic industry of Ukraine has not made the people rebel against their government, in fact it has made the people of the Ukraine fight harder.  Putin must be worried, his mercenary army is claiming wins without the support of the Russian Army, a Army within a Army they can become a threat, thus Putin must be worried about his future, the Russian people have overthrown leaders who fail them, Tsar Nicholas II in 1917 and in 1991 the end of the USSR.  Thus Putin must be worried he will find himself in a House of Special Purpose, and the fate of the Tsar and his family. President Putin does not have all the time in the world.