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1/ The security forces in Moscow are reported to be utterly incapable of resisting a heavily armed force like Wagner. Police generals are said to considering which side to back, while forces on the ground are already defecting to Wagner. ⬇️

2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that police generals held an emergency meeting at the Interior Ministry this morning to prepare the capital's defences. Normal police duties are being limited, with only major incidents being responded to.

3/ Checkpoints manned by police and National Guard units have been set up on the outskirts of the city. Former Wagner members living in Moscow are being taken into preventative custody. Behind the scenes, the generals are said to be "discussing how to serve the new regime."

4/ The security forces are in no shape to fight off Wagner. An Interior Ministry source says: "No one on the police force is ready for combat operations. Absolutely no one."

5/ "Even the police special forces, Grom, are not capable of engaging in combat operations with Wagner's storm troopers. It's one thing to get into a flat and throw oppositionists to the ground, but it's another thing to have as opponents people who are really ready to die."

6/ "The police are not ready for it, a warm office is not a foxhole."

Another source highlights Wagner's rapid decision-making as a key advantage, in contrast to the paralysis of the Russian authorities. Defence units are reported to be surrendering to Wagner.

7/ "Prigozhin is clearly not bluffing, they have at least 20,000 fighters. Many of them with serious experience. Decisions in Wagner are not made like in the Ministry of Defence through a bunch of yappers at the top, but almost instantaneously."

8/ "The forces deployed to defend Moscow are not enough to stop them. Parts of them surrender to [Wagner], they just go under their control." /end

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