Not sure how well it worked though. The people in RoD welcomed Wagner with open arms, then staged a mini protest when the police and the regulars came back. And while it very well could have been staged, what was the purpose? To facilitate changes at the top? Leave UKR while saving face?
I think that's TBD. Hard to say until we get the full picture. Rumors are this was months in the making, and if that's the case, it had to be a pretty small circle of people who knew what it really was. Everyone else was just following orders.