Julian E. Barnes
Mick Mulroy, a retired C.I.A. officer and a former Pentagon official, said that Yevgeny Prigozhin poses “a serious challenge” to President Vladimir Putin. If Mr. Prigozhin’s threats materialize, the Russian military may have to refocus its efforts from countering the Ukrainian advance to the Russian government’s “self-preservation”. “Even if this attempted coup fails, it emphatically makes the point that those closest to this war know it was a terrible mistake,” Mulroy said.
