The Prigozhin Mutiny Is a Lesson in the Folly of War

 

 

"A senior NATO official likewise told the outlet that the country’s massive nuclear stockpile means that “we don’t want a Russia that is too weak” or “a failed state.” At G7 talks, while members discussed the possible disastrous scenarios ahead, officials stated that “we are not in the business of regime change,” that “the message to those getting carried away is that nobody wins from civil war in Russia,” and that someone more hardline than Putin could take power in Russia, with one concluding that “we are not in agreement on the outcomes of what will happen if Ukraine wins this war and what that will do to Russia.” Since the weekend, US intelligence analysts, officials, and commentators all registered alarm at the Russian nuclear arsenal falling under the control of rogue actors or extremists, including some who had just days earlier appeared to cheer the coup on."

 

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 The Prigozhin Mutiny Is a Lesson in the Folly of War