{"id":1956503,"date":"2023-06-25T10:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-agencies-knew-of-wagner-group-mutiny-plans-report\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T10:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:40:42","slug":"u-s-intel-agencies-knew-of-wagner-group-mutiny-plans-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-agencies-knew-of-wagner-group-mutiny-plans-report\/","title":{"rendered":"US intel agencies aware of Wagner Group mutiny plans: report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-intel-agencies-knew-of-wagner-group-mutiny-plans-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956503&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>American Spy Agencies Knew of Wagner Group&#8217;s Plans for Military Action Against Moscow<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American spy agencies knew last week that the Wagner Group in Russia was planning to take military action against Moscow, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/06\/24\/us-intelligence-prigozhin-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Washington Post. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s unclear exactly when the agencies became aware of the plans, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC's Carlson: 'If You're Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further' Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">senior officials<\/a> in the Biden administration, Pentagon, Department of State, and Congress had been briefed within the past two weeks on the plans for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-naval-academy-targeted-by-the-naming-commission\/\" title=\"The Naval Academy Targeted by the Naming Commission\">imminent military action<\/a> against defense officials in Moscow, the Post reports. On Friday, the Wagner Group, headed by mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, began its March toward the Russian capital. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere were enough signals to be able to tell the leadership \u2026 that something was up,\u201d one American official told the Post. \u201cSo I think they were ready for it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The source said the administration and U.S. officials expressed \u201chigh concern\u201d over what an uprising, instability, and potential change of leadership in Russia would mean for global stability, given the country is nuclear-armed. \u201cThere were lots of questions along those lines,\u201d the official added. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-agencies-knew-of-wagner-group-mutiny-plans-report\/\" title=\"US intel agencies aware of Wagner Group mutiny plans: report.\">potential \u201ccivil war\u201d resulting<\/a> from the uprising was the biggest concern for American officials, the Post reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reports of American intelligence having known of the planned mutiny prior to the group\u2019s march on Moscow \u2014 in which they got within 120 miles \u2014 parallel intelligence being reported before Russia invaded Ukraine, warning of the invasion. In that case, the intelligence was declassified and reported in an attempt to deter Putin from going through with the February 2022 invasion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the reports that American intelligence knew of the Wagner Group\u2019s planned uprising beforehand didn\u2019t go public until the group had stopped its march and a deal had been brokered. This, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/24\/world\/europe\/us-intel-prigozhin-warning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the New York Times, is because reports of declassified intelligence on the matter could give Putin fuel to accuse the group of attempting a coup before any movements had occurred. Additionally, officials didn\u2019t want to aid Putin in deterring the uprising and the \u201cembarrassing\u201d challenge of support, as the Times reports. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The breaking point for Prigozhin was a Russian Defense Ministry order sent on June 10 that ordered all volunteer detachments to sign contracts with the Russian government, according to the Post. This order, which didn\u2019t specifically mention Wagner, angered Prigozhin because of the critical role the mercenary group played in the war in Ukraine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prigozhin had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-open-to-narrowing-who-qualifies-for-stimulus-checks-critics-suggest-hes-breaking-promises\/\" title=\"Biden \u2018Open To Narrowing\u2019 Who Qualifies For Stimulus Checks; Critics Suggest He\u2019s Breaking Promises\">publicly expressed<\/a> his thoughts on the June 10 order, and Ukrainian officials had been monitoring the leader following the directive, believing he and Wagner would move against Russian defense officials. American officials believed Prigozhin had been planning a challenge to Russia\u2019s military leadership for a while but were surprised by how quickly it escalated, according to a CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/24\/politics\/us-western-officials-russia-prigozhin-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTensions between the Wagner Group and the Russian Ministry of Defense are no secret,\u201d a senior Biden official told the Post. \u201cWe have all seen Mr. Prigozhin publicly criticize, warn, and even threaten the Russian military on any number of occasions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wagner Group got within 120 miles of Moscow before a deal was brokered by Belurusan President Alexander Lukashenko, which dropped any criminal charges against Prigozhin, halted the movement to Moscow, and exiled the Wagner leader to Belarus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf Prigozhin intended to drive a wedge between the command of Russian Federation Armed Forces and the Kremlin he failed,\u201d a senior Western official told the Post. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American spy agencies were aware last week that Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group intended to launch military operations against Moscow, as per The Washington Post. The exact timing of the agencies&#8217; knowledge remains uncertain, but senior officials in the Biden administration, Pentagon, Department of State, and Congress had received briefings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1956504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}