Putin is in hiding, the Kremlin is panicking and the big winner of Prigozhin’s apparent mutiny is Ukraine

 

Moscow is in crisis.

Manoeuvrings at the highest levels in Russia are always difficult to read clearly, but one thing is certain about what is happening in Moscow: the Kremlin is panicking.

The real indications that there is a crisis come from within Russia itself.

Soldiers in army trucks are being moved around the streets of Moscow, reinforcing key facilities such as television stations and energy infrastructure.

Vladimir Putin has gone into hiding.

Russian state TV has interrupted programming several times to urge people not to listen to the “disinformation” being spread.

What disinformation?

This is the Kremlin’s equivalent to the pilot, out of the blue, telling passengers not to panic.

Then there’s the Russian Defence Ministry which has said that the only winner out of the current “confusion” will be Ukraine.

What confusion?

There is only one clear winner out of this – Ukraine.

By  John Lyons/ABCNEWS