Wagner in Ukraine, Prigozhin's Coup and Death - Post-Cold War DOCUMENTARY

Our historical documentary series on the history of the post-Cold War period continues with a video on the Wagner PMC, its actions during the war in Ukraine, Prigozhin's coup against Putin and his death. Previous episode - • History of Wagner Befo...
In this eye-opening video, delve into the clandestine world of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) and its controversial actions in Ukraine. With unprecedented access and thorough research, this documentary sheds light on the covert activities of this enigmatic paramilitary organization.
Witness the intricate web of operations undertaken by Wagner PMC, known for its secretive involvement in conflicts across the globe. Through compelling visuals and expert analysis, explore the company's alleged connections to the Ukrainian crisis, from mercenary deployments to reports of supporting various factions in the region.
Uncover the complexities surrounding Wagner PMC, delving into its origins, motivations, and modus operandi. Hear from investigative journalists, geopolitical analysts, and firsthand witnesses as they piece together the puzzle of this elusive entity and its impact on the Ukrainian conflict.
This documentary offers a nuanced perspective on the blurred lines between state-backed initiatives, private military contractors, and the ramifications on geopolitics. Engage with the ethical dilemmas and geopolitical implications arising from the actions of Wagner PMC in Ukraine, provoking deeper discussions on the role of private military entities in modern conflicts.
Prepare to be captivated by a comprehensive exploration of Wagner PMC's activities in Ukraine, raising critical questions about accountability, international relations, and the evolving landscape of modern warfare.
The narrative surrounding Wagner PMC intertwines with the enigmatic figure behind its operations, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Known as "Putin's Chef" due to his close ties to the Kremlin, Prigozhin's alleged involvement in orchestrating coups and covert missions adds a layer of intrigue to the company's actions. Reports circulating about Prigozhin's involvement in attempted coups in various regions, including Ukraine, underscore the murky nexus between state interests and private military enterprises. However, rumors surrounding his demise, shrouded in mystery and unverified speculation, further cloud the already opaque landscape surrounding Wagner PMC. The purported death of Prigozhin has sparked debates, conspiracy theories, and intensified scrutiny on the company's future trajectory and potential implications for global geopolitics.

[@TheColdWarTV]

Previous episode - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJvQiWCgbJeWj6M

[@beepboop204]

thanks comrade appreciate you

[@Donaldperson7]

I honestly don’t think Wagner was there in Hostomal! It was regular army and proved to be so! They were somewhere else!

[@underdogtv2855]

Your video sounds a lot like propaganda and is clearly biased .

[@user-nq5qd8lo2c]

​@@beepboop204😮

[@veterankasrkin7416]

I guess our boy Prigozhin finally got his ammunition.

[@ducksareurlords3782]

1 star. Delivery was too quick

[@ForelliBoy]

it's prigover ;_;7

[@oleopathic]

" yea boiii..."

[@user-px6dl6ci2q]

That’s insane 💀

[@user-je6xu9em8f]

A year ago

[@Supersurfer12]

I still remember a pro-Russia channel saying Progozhin should be the next leader of Ukraine. How quickly things change

[@looinrims]

I laughed when someone suggested a debate between prigo and mearshiner about the origins of the war (before he died of course)

[@calibmatlock]

It would be a pretty one sided debate otherwise, lol.

[@looinrims]

@@calibmatlock Prigo would still have a superior argument even as a liquified corpse

[@Mentally_Me]

If he'd have kept his drive to Moscow going he would be the current leader.

[@looinrims]

@@Mentally_Me Based on? Not what the FSB was doing, they were erecting defenses and his what? Regiment sized combat element wasn’t gonna do much at the massive extent of its supply line against air support

[@grt1769]

You'd think a man like Prigozhin would of known that if you take a shot at the king you better not miss.

[@Numba003]

I wonder if Prigozhin genuinely thought there wouldn't be attempts on his life after what happened. I still remember watching in astonishment as his quasi-rebellion took place. I thought I might've been witnessing the beginning of a civil war. Thank you for this informative video recounting everything. Hopefully the suffering ends soon over there. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

[@Chris-df1zr]

I believe he traded his life for his men’s once he realize he failed politically

[@Kapi.23]

i remember watching the reports and thinking "well, there goes a dead man". He was never getting out alive.

[@Cba409]

He was insane

[@Oregon123]

France spooks killed Prigizhin. Thats what i think. Putin had no reason to kill him.

[@divpolitics9520]

​​@@Kapi.23a true visionairy you are. Who could've thunk???

[@gtPacheko]

The beeps were timed wrongly. Refreshing to see you say swear words though for some reason 😂 Great video!

[@dapanda2068]

The whole video is edited a little odd he repeats himself a few times and I swear sometimes the videos he shows in the background don't line up with what he's saying

[@johnsteiner3417]

Cracks me up that the text of Prigozhin's tirades is censored, but you pronounce clearly even swear word and seemingly slipped into a Russian accent at one point.😆

[@omegadirective]

The bleeps were clearly mistimed

[@ups1d3d0wn1]

i think the whole video is missmatched​@@omegadirective

[@tomcolvin8199]

His fall from grace was spectacular.

[@youwanagethi]

It really went up in flames.

[@geoffworley5275]

should have avoided the Window Seat😂😂

[@ACME_Kinetics]

Pretty close. Wagner did make an incomprehensible mistake by putting Prigo, Utkin, and their head of security on the same jet. There was another jet full of Russian navy leaders that crashed about 60 years ago - but who learns from that kind of thing?

[@krle7970]

The red Army choir was destroyed in syra years ago when their plane also cashed, the Russians don’t learn

[@Flow86767]

thanks for these

[@be95ak1995]

Lose of 1 in 10 is decimation lose of 9 of 10 is nearly annihilation.

[@draculastraphouse7863]

These little kids have no idea what decimation means, they just cluelessly throw the word around

[@toddpechar8219]

Awesome job! Very interesting topic and better graphics than usual for your channel ( which are usually good).

[@dr.victorvs]

Just wanted to say "lol" to the person who asked your opinion on Henry Kissinger during the last live. It's like, you only get to pick only two: ➊ historical knowledge, ➋ morals, ➌ Henry Kissinger.

[@leowilliamson1573]

The sad thing is that the reason he got driven out of his position in the government is ultimately just because the American public thought he was too soft.

[@iceiejest103]

Henry Kissinger was a communist sympathizer or pro-communist. He was a disgrace during his time serving the US.

[@raybarry4307]

Prigozhin's problem was that in the words of my dearly departed grandma he "Thought who he was". In other words he thought he was some kind of Don Corleone. Which led him to feel irreplaceable and untouchable. But fun fact: No. 😂😂😂

[@williamerazo3921]

Everyone is replaceable.

[@newnamesameperson397]

He thought he was him

[@HGL-iq4qg]

Crazy events. I remember that night being sleepless and chating in a forum where we nerds meet up during days as such xD Same was during turkish coup. It's history passing through our lives, don't loiter :)

[@williamerazo3921]

I called it. If prigozhin was not going all the way to Moscow than he was signing his own death sentence.

[@jcam5]

He definitely gave me vibes of rando Rebel X-wing fighter thinking they could shoot down Darth Vader's Tie Fighter

[@lundsweden]

Indeed, I thought it was an obvious death sentence too!

[@dje583]

Russia already knew what he was planning thats why they stopped giving ammo when they found out he was planning a coup

[@rohansstearling8295]

He was on his private taking off Moscow his plane crashed 150 miles away

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

Your footage is drastically ahead of the speech. No expletives were covered with bleeps and Budanov appears far before he's mentioned. Mend the vid, please, while it's early

[@paulceglinski7172]

Where's your vid on the subject? Or is it a case of, those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

@@paulceglinski7172 It's a technical matter (editing), don't exaggerate. I have no qualms on content

[@paulceglinski7172]

@@Arturino_Burachelini Ok. Then where's your edited version?

[@Arturino_Burachelini]

@@paulceglinski7172 [not worth responding to]

[@paulceglinski7172]

@@Arturino_Burachelini I'm just saying if you can do a better job, then do it. Quit your whining.

[@igoraraujo245]

A cool video theme would be about the war in Western Sahara from 1975-1991 between the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government, and its consequences in the present day. Greetings from Brazil!

[@jameshudkins2210]

I'd like to know more about Hasan's Wall.

[@Mr3344555]

Dude, it's lit. It goes from assassination attempt on the king himself, he called off the attack by stating "the dictator is dead" himself over comms, and also how the whole soviet block came to help Algeria against Morocco in their conflict. Ranging from Soviets, Cubans, Egyptians, and others. Good video choice @igoraraujo245

[@williamharvey8895]

Awesome episode

[@deadhorse7623]

Why aren't any sources listed? I enjoyed the video and want to learn more about this. I find it difficult to find much information about the war, probably because it's heavily censored.

[@TheCat48488]

I think there is some edits to be made lol Video and subtitle not sync with audio

[@benjaminstorace6699]

Love how the censor beeps happen when the censored words appear onscreen, not when the presenter recite's them. 😆 Oh wait. The presenter's audio is offset by a significant amount.

[@mikebaker2436]

Yes... some timing editing errors with this video... elsewhere relevant pictures appear at the wrong time.

[@NandiCollector]

*I think you've missed the 'BEEPS" sounds my friend (not timely superimposed)! LOL!*

[@flailingelbows7073]

One can only wonder what could have happened if he actually went full send and didn't get cold feet. Instead, he drew back and to literally no one's surprise? They shot him out the air the first chance they had

[@samuelarthur9247]

Do you actually believe Wagner could capture Moscow with 4,000 soldiers and a couple of Tanks? If it was that easy Ukraine would have done this long ago. He had absolutely no support from the Military, exectly how was he going to win this?

[@flailingelbows7073]

@@samuelarthur9247 I don’t know bud. Why do you think I said, “One can only wonder.” Considering he made it that far with minimal casualties and nearly made it to Moscow, who knows what he could have and could have not done sport.

[@RioMayne]

The president of Belarus said that he had phoned Putin and at that time, Putin was prepared to order to take out Prigozhin by any means necessary before he moves out of the so called conquered Russian military HQ. It would have ended with a direct target/missile/attack on Wagner at their exact known location before reaching Moscow. His fate was sealed. He thought he was untouchable against the “grandfather” as he called him disrespectfully

[@canman5060]

We have seen similar happening over 50 years ago in Mao's Red China during the Cultural Devolution on the death of Lin Biao.

[@imin9020]

Prighozin had the chance to live like a king on a privae island and cross the seas with a yacht but no he wanted more adrenaline.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Long Live The King

[@Alykar98]

I am pretty sure that sound isnt in sinc with video...

[@bobdavidson8019]

Prigozhin lived and died like a rabid animal. He always reminded me of a character from a Mad Max movie.

[@shatbad2960]

Was it the was the catering business?

[@florinvoicu7801]

​@shatbad2960 if your question is about Prigozhin running a catering business. Then yes he was . But not just catering.

[@hypnomarket8649]

he was needed where the visible presence of Russian business was not needed. his small fortune was negligible compared to his masters.his small fortune was negligible compared to his masters..His small fortune was negligible compared to his masters Most likely, an agreement with a foreign business. This was how it was supposed to end. He forgot that he was just a tool, a performer

[@peterj5106]

Who was his small fortune comparable to? Who was his small fortune comparable to? Who was his small fortune comparable too?🥺

[@artificernathaniel3287]

The video and audio is desynced, video and sound effects (such as bleeps) seem to be 10-30 seconds ahead of the voiceover

[@NorthForkFisherman]

The moral of the story? If you swing for the head? DON'T FUCKING MISS!

[@memexd3402]

Could you upload a video of Zaporizhya counteroffensive?

[@Fulmir-]

Edit was a little weird there at the last 5 minutes?

[@Abraxium]

Video editors are tired and wanted to go on Christmas break :(

[@nikhil1536]

What's the background music?

[@dapanda2068]

Even though he's not all that different from Putin in some ways, seeing him actively talk shit to generals and to Putin was a level of rebellion I didn't think any Russian could get away with. I feel like his videos began to change the minds of Russian people, obviously his coup could've ended in disaster but I wish he hadn't stopped

[@subz6739]

It’s due to the simple fact that the Russians know how to find solutions to internal as well as external issues, Unlike Ukrainians who all they love to do is provoke. If there was no genocide against Russian people in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Ukrainian attack forces building up against the Russian borders, Ukraine would still have all it’s territory. Now just to remind you of what must be a gut wrenching reality to you, The Wagner coup did end before reaching Moscow and Russia will come out victorious in Ukraine!

[@artembiyun423]

wow crazy considering that there actually was no genocide against russian people in donetsk@@subz6739

[@AB-ys4yn]

Wagner and Prigozhin role was deceiving Ukrainians into thinking that Russian MOD, regular units and “mobicks” are incompetent and low morale. A classical psy-op. Especially after Kharkiv retreat! Prigo constantly mentioned that Shoigu and his men are no match to Wagner soldiers and even after Wagner took Bakhmut he was saying that now that Wagner is giving Bakhmut to Russian MOD they won’t be able to secure it. Maybe that’s what motivated UA General Syrsky to launch that unnecessary Bakhmut counter offensive instead of concentrating all experienced units on a Zap front down south? Also if we connect all the dots: it does look like Prigo’s rants about “weak” RU army and the Battle of Bakhmut played key role in 1)deceiving, 2)pinning down UA troops and 3)delaying Ukraine's counter offensive (russiand had time to build fortifications) + giving UA false sense of superiority, Ukrainians genuinely expected that Russians will run just like they did near Kharkiv - but Russians simply did not run…

[@wiktorberski9272]

Interesting video. Now it is a history, Wagner operatives were forced to change the side, or the problem was solved in different way

[@070Jun070]

Zelensky: i don’t need a ride, i need ammunition. Prigosjin: where the fuck is the ammunition?!

[@tommiii4542]

Shoigu and Gerrasimov have all the ammo

[@JustaGuy1250]

Wagner wasn't actually present in Bucha, forgot the name but some big channel did a full analysis of the CCTV footage on which the tanks can be seen with battalion marks and they managed to trace it all back down to even the commander of said battallion

[@johnsch1988]

Fake bucha😂

[@jaynikk758]

​@@johnsch1988 Wagner is dead, Rossiyan Military is to follow.. how come your tanks keep exploding like fireworks? Tell me why?

[@johnsch1988]

@@jaynikk758 Why? Why does Zelensky need to mobilize 500 thousand more Ukrainians if Ukraine is winning? Where did the 300,000 Ukrainian soldiers who launched the offensive on June 1, 2023 go?

[@JustaGuy1250]

@@johnsch1988 As fake as your ability to analyze news and footage to determine authenticity, it seems

[@adamgroszkiewicz814]

Would be interesting to see a vid on Alexander Zaldastanov & The Night Wolves....a hyper nationalist biker gang used for PR rides by Putin. They ended up helping in the armed capture of a UKR oil refinery during the 2014 invasion of Crimea. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they'd been active in southern or eastern UKR in the last few years.

[@user-vw2gg6wj8i]

Это сборище шутов и клоунов , обычные придворные фрики для телевизора

[@mynameismynameis666]

still waiting for part 2 of the gladio series, but since part 4 is already playing out in Ukraine i guess that'll stay in the black box for another few decades

[@darrinscott6612]

8:34 Say the line, Bart!

[@5chr4pn3ll]

I like that the swear bleeping does not actually bleep any swears xD

[@christiangregersjrgensen3828]

Wow, the bleeps are waaaay off. Love it though

[@EvMund]

woops it looks like you duplicated a bit of the script in 20:12 and 21:42

[@sylveonfan3121]

the editing feels really delayed; off but otherwise, great video

[@canman5060]

Similar to Lin Biao's death in 1971.

[@looinrims]

My favorite quote about prigozhin is from Michael Kophman “A colleague of mine suggested moderating a debate on the origins of the war between prigozhin and Mearshiner.” (Referencing mearshiner being a kremlin mouthpiece and prigozhin, being one of Putin’s friends before, letting the cat out the bag)

[@justjoking5841]

NGL Prighozhin Piggy's speech gave me some spine chills and that Holy $h!+ Moment with feels that you only experience when you realize how messed up reality truly is...

[@italktoomuch6442]

Good work with your bleeps being about ten seconds out of sync...

[@AHersheyHere]

Who would win? The Russian Empire or one angry Cater company owner with an outstanding invoice?

[@ino-1048]

Ukraine

[@dje583]

@@ino-1048?

[@lukemurley]

Why have you put asterisks in the swear words but then just read the swear words without bleeping them?

[@Vandelberger]

It was a special landing operation 🛬

[@ionutgalatanu9491]

the author said that p Putin said he would dismiss Sogui and Gerasimov. but Lukasenko in his interview with the state press agency belta said that Putin refused to dismiss the two statesmen...so the article contains a lot of desinformation.

[@adeadguylofi8253]

Putin lying for personal gain? Color me shocked! SHOCKED I tell you!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

It was a funny episode in history.

[@detacheddad3396]

Did Ramzan Kaydrov die recently?

[@Slycarlo]

"All but just a dream"

[@AHersheyHere]

The war is going so well that there was a military coup to get the credit for it.

[@easyk03]

The Post Cold War? More like the New Cold War.

[@dr.victorvs]

That gives Russia an importance that they really don't have. Could Putin con the Russian public into thinking they could win a war against the US? Possibly, actually. But most likely he'd find himself without a presidency if he tried to.

[@destroyerarmor2846]

​@@dr.victorvsanglo-european imperialists are the jerks of this century

[@rick7424]

​@@destroyerarmor2846Buzzwords having no meaning.

[@Guido-Fawkes]

morreu morreu irmão, vai ficar chorando o resto da semana vida que segue, tem uma guerra la fora para ser lutada

[@lissadawes4243]

20:20 the video seems to repeat itself at some parts.

[@mirkojevtic988]

Great topic, the editing ruined it, it has a 30s lag throughout.

[@ciprianbodea7838]

Welp, this entire video is completly out of synx. Its very funny. But still, maybe doing a final checkup before publishing is not a bad ideea.

[@dax354able]

Not necessarily a POST cold war doc. As were entering second cold war

[@dr.deewanowich6876]

Lesson learned, never ask Putin ammo.

[@SwedeSav]

bucha was done by the vdv. Its captured on footage. and theres photos of wagner in ukraine way before the convict recruitment

[@robertadangelo9698]

❤

[@ChenAnPin]

Where were you when Wagner marched on Moscow and Russia seemed to be on the brink of a civil war? I remember I was at a night market eating fried chicken and getting live updates as the drama unfolded.

[@edvard8850]

I wonder why Wagner didn’t continue the rebellion

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

Why would mercenaries who only number a few thousand go against the entire Russian army numbering to hundred thousand? These guys just want to get paid.

[@CARL_093]

question who will claim his bitcoins he is the 5th larges holder of btc Cryptocurrency Speculations: Following the crash, rumors emerged online suggesting that Prigozhin controlled a massive cryptocurrency wallet containing about 100,000 Bitcoins, valued at roughly $2.6 billion. The rumor is that 70% of these Bitcoins are stored in cold wallets, with the rest distributed between crypto exchanges Binance and BTC-W. If true, Prigozhin would be among the top five Bitcoin holders globally.

[@oleopathic]

Prigozhin ate his last pirog.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

May He Rest In Paradise

[@GabelhelmSogarbraten]

Prigozhin made the fatal mistake of trying to become popular with the russian public and therefore becoming a possible political rival to putin

[@6565hopepy]

this is typical 1 side story channel

[@carracampbell7789]

Next coup?

[@BorntoYeet]

SHOIGUUUUUU

[@_.13_]

Prigozhin was being "told" to try overthrow Russian government..

[@aon10003]

Shoigu nd Gerasimov had the keys to the Russian Nuclear Arsenal.

[@jochenheiden]

Wow huge editing fail near the end. Said that stuff twice 😊

[@shorale5248]

I wish you would stop calling it "war in Ukraine" or "Ukraine war". Kinda makes it sound like some kind of internal issue instead of the external aggression by russia wich in my opinion should always be mentioned. Also, as far as i know this naming tradition is mostly American as it was with Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan but since the US is not conducting a fightt against Ukraine the neme seems incorrect. It feels as wrong to me as would be calling Iran-Iraq war "war in Iraq". Not technically wrong i guess, but still confusing. Name "Russo-Ukrainian war" seems the most appropriate

[@mapl12]

There's nothing wrong with him calling it "The War in Ukraine", your complaining about nothing when both "The Russo-Ukraine War" & "The War in Ukraine" have the same meaning.

[@FelixMeister]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

[@PatriotsW710]

can someone show where Putin or a Russian gov offical said they'd take the country in three days ?

[@dje583]

Every time I ask someone that they call me a Russian bot

[@cleoraven4391]

The old story.

[@eurosonly]

Dude fell out of the biggest window there is.

[@beepboop204]

[@SysOpQueen]

Ive seen so many of those uniforms blown to shreds full of cherry pie, I'm so happy we use insignias on our clothing to clearly designate who we are and what we're about. Humans have good ideas sometimes. War is definitely not one of them, but at least these scumbags mark their sleeves

[@terrondt]

His fate was sealed after his act. I told my friends that there was no way Putin let him live long after that. Sure enough his plane crashes under very suspicious circumstances

[@DBear789]

This is a great video, couple of mistakes on map (full Donbas region I don’t think is under control by Russia) but video was really good!!

[@dje583]

A little tiny bit is apart of Ukraine

[@bromisovalum8417]

He was too pure for this world.

[@Gorboduc]

Kek.

[@MartinL00ter]

Please do a Video about India vs. Portugal in Goa 1961

[@timberwolvesxx7250]

i miss priggy

[@WriteInAaronBushnell]

Does anybody else think, given the vague details about the plane crash, the Yev got plastics surgery and is running a bar on the shore of the Caspian Sea?

[@James-9999]

Eh either way as long as he’s not doing warcrimes on civilians it’s an improvement

[@montandocubomagico7337]

What would happen if he kept his way to moscow O.o

[@yogurt3572]

What's happening to this channel.

[@bigsarge2085]

✌

[@tommiii4542]

Prigozhin is a chad

[@theman4426]

Rest in peace king

[@battenburg6089]

I hate Prigozhin. Not for his fight in Ukraine, but for the chance he had to storm Moscow and potentially take the crown. Only to turn around somehow not knowing he just signed his death warrant with nothing to show for it.

[@dje583]

He didn't have the ammo because Russia knew he was going to do a coup that a why a little bit of troops attacked the convoy the rest were at Moscow waiting for them plus even if he did get to Moscow he would of died

[@looinrims]

SHOIGIT! GERASIMOOB! WHERE ALL THE DAKKA?!

[@hodaka1000]

Did Pigozhin have a window seat ? 🛩️

[@Negativvv]

The infamous Progozhin rant English dub is nowhere near as epic as the original...

[@stevehorner8302]

you mess with the devil and the results speak for them selves

[@surg9029]

Prigozhin is still on the FBI counterterrorism most want list, even after his death