Russian military coup in 1995?

During the first Chechen War Yeltsin ordered the Russian military to advance towards Gronzy following the complete breakdown of talks many russian commanders as well as soldiers were outraged and refused to comply with the order.

The initial push for chechen autonomy and then independence was led by a former Soviet airforce officer.

Gen. Eduard Vorobyov, head of the Russian Ground Forces, resigned in protest.

Emil Pain, Yeltsin's adviser on national affairs, also resigned.

Minister of Defense Gormov also resigned in protest, and then got on National TV saying it would be a bloodbath worse than Afghanistan.

General Boris Poliyakov also resigned in protest.


As the military operation was underway 800 professional soldiers in a mechanized infantry brigade outright refused orders to move, and numerous other units halted and sabotaged their own equipment.


So what would it take for this to escalate into a military coup against Yeltsin?
 
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