🇷🇺 Patrick Lancaster’s video from Rostov during the Wagner incident reveals many important points:
▪️Locals were supportive of Wagner, mainly relieved that it did not end in catastrophe – but they also expressed respect for the Russian President, the Ministry of Defense (MOD), & Akhmat who arrived outside of Rostov during the incident;
▪️This is because Wagner is widely respected and celebrated as premier fighters amid the Special Military Operation (SMO) – regardless of what Prigozhin did this week;
▪️Russia’s government understands public sentiment fully, as well as Wagner’s utility and achievements, thus defused the crisis expertly, avoiding bloodshed and preventing division, as well as preventing demoralization among both Russian forces and the Russian population;
▪️This contrasts with the West’s game of zero sum chest-beating conducted fully divorced from reality where all potential competition or challenges must be instantly and absolutely obliterated;
▪️Russia’s ability to think long-term and make compromising decisions reflecting a multitude of perspectives differs entirely from the West’s compulsion toward short-sighted instant-gratification;
▪️Interviews with the locals indicate they identify only one enemy – not Wagner, not Prigozhin, not the Kremlin or MOD, but the United States government;
▪️ Patrick’s video also reveals just how complex and involved military logistics are. Tanks require flatbed trucks and large amounts of support to move city-to-city – which is why without Russian MOD support, Wagner’s “civil war” as imagined by the West, was physically impossible;
▪️Overall, the reality revealed by a real journalist like Patrick Lancaster, on the ground taking the risks, shows how shallow – even childish – Western analysis is…
2012 Convergence 