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Both the Wagner mercenary group’s mutinous march toward Moscow — and then sudden U-turn Saturday — stunned US intelligence officials, a new report says.
Despite previous warnings that a mutiny led by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the horizon, America’s intelligence groups were first caught off guard at just how far the mercenaries got in fewer than 24 hours, according to CBS National Security correspondent David Martin.
“They were surprised when Russia put up no resistance and allowed Prigozhin to set up military headquarters in Rostov and send his army, unopposed, north toward Moscow,” Martin said on “Face the Nation” on Sunday morning.
Then “they were surprised again by how quickly a deal was made.
