The forces amassing over there are getting ridiculous. Is this just sabre rattling by Russia or are they going to pull the trigger?
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44245/fully-armed-grim-reaper-f-15-eagles-deploy-to-poland-in-response-to-russian-military-build-up
They kinda remind me of Robotech.
The above is, I think, probably part of what happened.
There's no chance AT ALL that this was all Prig. We've discussed this at length since Prig became a regular facet of this war, especially after he started challenging the status quo. Alone he just isn't connected enough to be able to pull of a successful coup. I also doubt that he managed to get FSB and MOD personnel to join him. My thinking is it was the other way around.
Let's reexamine the underlying reason for this coup, wh