Russia is a wild place. Its obviously huge and filled with many different ethic groups in isolated regions. There are 80+ "states"/ territories and they vary greatly in their association with the Federation. A soldier conscripted from Dagestan or Chechnya probably doesn't identify as a Russian first.
Agenda-free TV is covering it live on YouTube right now
This is looking real. Footage is emerging of Wagner fighters walking through the streets of Rostov (just east of Ukraine. Unconfirmed reports of Wagner shooting down Russian helicopters