What Michael Kofman has said about Wagner Group rebellion
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 10, 2026
Michael Kofman, Military analyst specializing in the Russian and Ukrainian militaries; senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and host of The Russia Contingency podcast, has been quoted on Wagner Group rebellion 2 times in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on November 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kofman believes Wagner's march on Moscow had no real chance of overthrowing the government.
“Oh, I don't think very close. I don't think that they had any chance of doing it”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 2:07:26
Kofman states that Prigozhin was clearly killed, along with senior Wagner commanders, when his plane exploded.
“It was very obvious that he was killed, and he wasn't killed alone”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 2:09:33
Episodes
#504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of WarfareLex Fridman Podcast · Nov 10, 2026 · 3 h 1 min
Lex Fridman talks with military analysts Michael Kofman and Preston Stewart about the state of the Russia-Ukraine war, drone warfare, Bakhmut, Prigozhin's mutiny, leadership, and paths to peace.
Michael Kofman on other topics
- Russian invasion of Ukraine · 7 quotes
- Drone warfare · 4 quotes
- Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations · 1 quote
- Foreign policy of the second Trump administration · 1 quote
- Wagner Group · 1 quote
- Battle of Bakhmut · 1 quote
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure · 1 quote