Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again.

So today we are going to talk a little bit more about what's going on in Russia

and provide a little bit of an update to the information we have just a few hours ago because there have been a number of

developments and we're going to kind of just go through them. For those who don't know, a little bit of a recap, things are very quickly moving towards a state of

direct confrontation between the traditional conventional state sanctioned

military of Russia and their private contracting force, Wagner.

Tensions have been boiling over for quite some time.

There have been a number of signs that something like this was coming and we've talked

about it on the channel.

Okay, so what do we know?

At this point, yes, Wagner has made a move.

They are making a move. They have crossed into Russian territory

from Ukraine. Numbers, we're going to use top end on this because those are the

numbers that Moscow is going to have to count on and

figure when it comes to trying to combat it. Top end looks like about 25,000.

That's that's a force. That's not a little thing. We have

confirmed at least two separate direct engagements between Russian forces, state forces, and the private forces.

It's worth remembering that the contracting firm, they have a lot of people who are a lower end, but they're hardened by battle.

They also have a lot of an incredibly experienced contractors.

The state services that are available inside Russia at this point, it's not really the Russian

Army.

It's more of a National guard, but that doesn't really cut it for an American

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