What to make of the Russian “Coup”?

The Wagner coup was a surprise.  But I suspected that this internet chatter I heard about it being Putin’s downfall and the start of a Civil War was overhyped because the people saying it had been wrong in all their previous pronouncements about the war in Ukraine.

What actually happened was a damp squib or a nothing burger more or less.

Putin seems to have consolidated.

Or is it a sign of a crack in Russia’s resolve?  Some say that Putin had been restrained in his running the war and then some factions wanted him to be more hard ass and really serious about using nukes.

The Ukes really can get much solace from the Wagner incident.