Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by chasd00 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @07:30PM
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His troops aren’t going with him to Belarus, they have to sign loyalty to the mod.
Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by speakfreely on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:00PM
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Only the ones who "didn't march" to Moscow, so roughly 20k are ineligible for these MoD contracts that are being forced on the rest of them. I would imagine those 20k are the more experienced, more loyal ones who are well paid and protected by Prigozhin.
Re:Russian paramilitary chief says his forces will turn around
by sidibe on Saturday June 24, 2023 @08:26PM
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I don't think you can say what Prigozhin said yesterday about the war and then get people to participate in it under your command. He was pretty crystal clear that the war was an unjustified clusterfuck.
I’m not saying that was the original plan, but even just moving 20K Wagner troop as part of the deal, even with no intention of attack, would draw a significant chunk of ukraines attention.
And if the Ukrainians don’t move additional defense, then an opportunistic attack might be on the table for some exchange that would be mutually beneficial to the Russian factions.
Let me be clear, this was not meant to be a grand ruse, but that doesn’t it can’t be turned in to one after the fact in order for the opposing Russian sides to salvage their situation.