Now that Wagner mercenary leader says he has come to a deal with the Russian Military High Command and he has ordered his military convoy that was racing for Moscow to stop.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-uk...0423a4116058d1
A lost opportunity to take out Putin, change the Russian leadership, end the war in Ukraine.
This reminds me of the 3 times in History where opportunities were wasted, 1. British could had ended Hitler's regime before it started and prevented World War II (1936 and 1938), and 2. France could had annihilated Hitler armies and end World War 2 at the French Belgium border but didn't (1940).
Originally Posted by CG2014
even with a large amount of Russian Army regulars tied up in Ukraine the Wagner group force isn't large enough to seize and control a city as large as Moscow. they might have been able to seize the Kremlin for a short time if they'd moved swiftly and decisively but it would have been a symbolic victory at best because Putin wouldn't be there to get captured. it was a protest and a pretext for Wagner to pull out of Ukraine.
the only way Putin gets deposed is if the Russian military turn on him.
i think you either underestimate the German army or overestimate the French and British, where in 1940 the German army along with the Japanese were the two best and battle tested armies in the world. the "Belgium gap" you refer to is because completing the Maginot Line never happened because Belgium balked at completing it.
in reality the Brits and Frencys got pushed all the way to Dunkirk. they got their arse's kicked.