#Russia Good morning, #CoSo ...

Courtesy of Google Maps, this gives you a rough idea of what has Putin's panties in a wad ... Wagner is in Rostov. The M-4 is a major highway that runs straight to Moscow. Google Maps says it's about 1,150 km, a little more than 700 miles.

#Russia At some point, #Putin must have thought himself quite brilliant to set up a mercenary group separate from the government military, as a counterweight to the Russian "deep state."

His monster has turned against him.

The problem with a monster is it lacks ethics. It's feral, without conscience. And it will turn on you.