National Guard chief explains why Wagner was able to advance so rapidly

Fighters of the Wagner PMC advanced quickly across the country because the main forces to repel them were concentrated near Moscow, National Guard Director Viktor Zolotov told reporters on Tuesday.
"We concentrated all the forces precisely on the approaches to Moscow, because if we scattered the grouping, they would have just moved through like a knife through butter," he said. A striking force was concentrated to deal with Wagner, Zolotov added.

The National Guard chief stressed that he had been in constant touch with President Vladimir Putin and with the leadership of the federal executive authorities.