Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by chasd00 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @07:31PM
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> lived to talk about it
As of right this second. I hope his affairs are in order because the writing is on the wall.
Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by lrem on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:34AM
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But haven't shots been fired, soldiers and civilians killed?
Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by toast0 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:06AM
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When have facts gotten in the way of what the Russian government wants to say?
Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by TeMPOraL on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:25AM
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Not as of yesterday evening, scoped to the verified BBC reporting.
Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by bart_spoon on Sunday June 25, 2023 @10:30AM
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That’s not true. There’s been widespread reports that Wagner shot down multiple Russian aircraft resulting in the deaths of 15 Russian airmen.
That remains to be seen? Might be that some of their warriors will take the offer to join the military, and others... might select (or be given) new leadership, and go back to Ukraine to resume their regular business there.
If this really was Prigozhin vs. MoD, then that particular issue might be a closed case. Mercenaries are what they are - they're loyal to themselves and money, not state policy. Prigozhin got them to march at Moscow, so they did; then got them to march back, safe and sound, so they did. Russian government can just say "okay, no shots fired, no hard feelings" and leave it at that; it's not like they trusted them in the first place.
Putin angle though, that's a new thing. One way of spinning today's events is that Prigozhin took a swing at the Tsar, missed, and still lived to talk about it. Leaving it at that is not safe for the Tsar.