The Operation Rostov on Don

In the morning we saw pictures and video of armoured personnel carriers and tanks driving into positions in the centre at Rostov on Don, completely unopposed. The security forces that were supposed to stop them standing by looking on looked like they weren't going to do it. And you had Wagner fighters casually strolling around, buying themselves coffee,. this strange outdoor chat between the general, the deputy minister and pre-gogen where they just sat and he ranted at them. This is all while his other units were advancing around the city of Baudenège where there does seem to have been some fighting and making their way towards Moscow. It seems like perhaps Rostov was partly a distraction