Are the Wagner Group mercenaries that Putin has used to wage the war in Ukraine attempting an armed coup against Putin?

I don't know. There's so much propaganda out of Russia and Ukraine I try to avoid writing about it at all.

But this could be important, so, on the off-chance this is real...

The Wagner Group is a private army -- mercenaries -- that Putin uses to fight the war in Ukraine. I assume he employs mercenaries to avoid straining public opinion, who don't want to see more of their sons drafted into the war.

And allegedly, the founder of the group has turned a column of his troops towards Russia.

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JUST IN - Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee initiates a criminal case against Wagner group founder Prigozhin over "incitement to an armed rebellion" -- TASS

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Russian channel DONTSTOPWAR reports that a 50km long Wagner-column has crossed the Novoshakhtinskaya border checkpoint into Russia reportedly heading for Novocherkassk (towards Rostov-on-Don).

The column itself has not yet been visually confirmed.

Supposedly, the head of the Wagner Group is accusing Russia of... bombing the Wagner mercenaries fighting for Russia?

The chief of the Wagner mercenary group on Friday accused Russia of killing a "huge number" of its forces in strikes and vowed to retaliate, ratcheting up tensions between Moscow and the private military company.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, whose men have bolstered Russia's offensive in Ukraine, has ramped up his verbal attacks against Moscow in recent weeks, including questioning the very need for the military operation.

Once believed to be a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin is increasingly seen as keen on a political role as he engages in an all-out war of words with Moscow, that appears to have spilled onto the battlefield.

"The council of commanders of PMC Wagner has made a decision -- the evil that the military leadership of the country brings must be stopped," Prigozin said in a series of furious audio messages released by his spokespeople.

"We were ready to make concessions to the defence ministry, surrender our weapons.

"Today, seeing that we have not been broken, they conducted missile strikes at our rear camps. A huge number of our fighters, our comrades died."

Obviously huge if true. But I really don't think a small army can invade Russia successfully.