Russia coup live updates — U.S. spy chiefs ‘aware’ of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s planned uprising in advance

U.S. SPY agencies gathered intelligence earlier this month that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s and his mercenary group Wagner were planning a rebellion, The Washington Post reported. The agencies were not sure of when the planned uprising was going to happen but there were reportedly “enough signals” to tell something was up, a U.S. official reported. Besides the White House, senior officials at the Pentagon, State Department, and in Congress were informed of the intelligence within the last two weeks. Yevgeny Prigozhin‘s mercenary group has now turned back to their bases after agreeing to de-escalate the rebellion to “avoid bloodshed.” The Wagner group was previously on their way to Moscow after the mercenary group turned against Vladimir Putin amid claims that Russia has been targeting Wagner soldiers after the criticism of resources in Bakhmut. Since pulling back the mercenary group, leader Yevgeny Prigozhin will reportedly flee to Belarus in a deal agreed with the Kremlin. Read our Russia coup live blog below for the latest updates and gossip…