downpunxx to World [email protected]English • 1 year agoWagner Group captures headquarters of the Southern Military District and the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rostov, the headquarters of Russia's base of operations for War in Ukrainelemmy.worldimagemessage-square134arrow-up1430arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1426arrow-down1imageWagner Group captures headquarters of the Southern Military District and the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rostov, the headquarters of Russia's base of operations for War in Ukrainelemmy.worlddownpunxx to World [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square134file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•1 year agomy mind is so blown. i didn’t have wagner turning against russia on my bingo card
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoI mean Prigozin has been advertising his eventual turning against Putin for a while, but I didn’t think it would happen as a full on military coup
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoMy personal theory is that he never intended it to get this far (previously he never called out Putin directly), but a failed assassination attempt made him decided he has no choice.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoI kinda had it on it when Prigozhin started releasing videos of him acting as a reasonable person to gain popular support.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI didn’t either, but history has plenty of examples of mercenary armies turning against their employers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agois it normally like this? for something akin to personal politics, and not missed payment or something?
minus-squareNulllinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoMy father who is Russian has been talking about Wagner turning on Russia for the past 2 months. Dogs of war. So my bingo card has been stamped.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoHmm not sure it’s against Russia, more like against the bureaucrats that stole his ammunition
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agofair enough, it’s an important distinction
my mind is so blown. i didn’t have wagner turning against russia on my bingo card
I mean Prigozin has been advertising his eventual turning against Putin for a while, but I didn’t think it would happen as a full on military coup
My personal theory is that he never intended it to get this far (previously he never called out Putin directly), but a failed assassination attempt made him decided he has no choice.
I’ve also go “nuclear civil war” on my card.
ohno
Anyway
I kinda had it on it when Prigozhin started releasing videos of him acting as a reasonable person to gain popular support.
savvy!
I didn’t either, but history has plenty of examples of mercenary armies turning against their employers.
is it normally like this? for something akin to personal politics, and not missed payment or something?
My father who is Russian has been talking about Wagner turning on Russia for the past 2 months. Dogs of war. So my bingo card has been stamped.
Hmm not sure it’s against Russia, more like against the bureaucrats that stole his ammunition
fair enough, it’s an important distinction