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[-] theodewere@kbin.social 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i wonder if Russians realize how nervous they should be.. maybe seeing Russians shoot down Russians outside Moscow will start to wake them up..

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 57 points 1 year ago

Killing Prigozhin definitely pissed off a lot of nationalist Russians

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

What I don't get: Doesn't this turn the Wagner mercenaries into even more of loose cannons? What's stopping them to just fracture into chaotic splinter groups now?

[-] hdnsmbt@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

Nothing, and a few probably will. But a few small groups are much more easily handled. I wouldn't be surprised if smashing the group was the main motivation behind the plane crash.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

a few small groups are much more easily handled

What about just one guy with a grudge and a shoulder-fired missile launcher (anti-aircraft or anti-tank, depending on how you prefer to travel)? I'm sure Putin himself has countermeasures but he may still have problems unless his men can track down every Wagnerite who may have taken home a souvenir from Ukraine.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You missed Afghanistan’s war huh?

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