2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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I've been refreshing like an addict licking the inside of an empty baggie hoping for just scraps of new info.
Watch the video this morning from Prigozhin after they took over that military building in Rostov and he seemed to make it out that one of the reasons they took it was to get the official numbers on Russian losses. I guess even he was in the dark about how bad they were doing in Ukraine.
As much as I worry about what this guy would do if he came into power, at the very least he has been consistent in messaging that the Ukraine war was a mistake and that so many Russian soldiers died for nothing. We won't know what really happens though until the smoke clears.
As much as I worry about what this guy would do if he came into power, at the very least he has been consistent in messaging that the Ukraine war was a mistake and that so many Russian soldiers died for nothing. We won't know what really happens though until the smoke clears.
GasBandit
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2021: Russia has the second strongest military in the world
2022: Russia has the second strongest military in Ukraine
2023: Russia has the second strongest military in Russia
figmentPez
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Sounds like somebody's check just cleared.
I see a lot people assume that Prigoschin wants to get rid of Putin and replace him. I don't think that this was ever his plan. He believes the leaders of the russian military are the problem. They poisoned Putin with false information and are the reason so many of the Wagner troops died. He probably thought Putin will back him up.
No, but when Putin declared Prigozihn a criminal and mutinous and Wagner shot down so many aircraft, it seemed like a clash of some sort was inevitable. Fuckin' Lukashenko apparently.
Putin comes out of this looking pathetic and weak though and as is Russian custom, that's worse than anything.
Putin comes out of this looking pathetic and weak though and as is Russian custom, that's worse than anything.
Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin to move to Belarus under Wagner deal, Kremlin says
Yep, sounding like he got his payday and is now backing down.
Yep, sounding like he got his payday and is now backing down.
No way Putin is going to let him off just like that.
That dude is getting accidently stabbed while shaving, or getting his head cut off while combing his hair. You just wait.
Due to the fact that the leader of Belarus was the one that negotiated the stop and that Wagner is, at least for all intents and purposes, being exiled to Belarus, makes me think that he offered them a shit ton of money and amnesty in his country to basically protect his best boy Putin, or at least prevent a massive destabilization event that could affect his own country.
I still don't think Putin is going to let this go though, I won't be surprised if the leaders of Wagner end up tragically shooting themselves in the back of the head or falling out of windows. Belarus isn't going to protect them that much.
I still don't think Putin is going to let this go though, I won't be surprised if the leaders of Wagner end up tragically shooting themselves in the back of the head or falling out of windows. Belarus isn't going to protect them that much.
A Russian commander recently was (presumably) assassinated during his daily run. Said commander would often post his exercise on Strava (a fitness app that records times/routes). One of his last routes was liked by someone with a user name that's the same as Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's chief of military intelligence. Article with more info.
figmentPez
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Russian hackers allegedly took down AO3 with a DDOS attack, framing Islamic groups in the process, in an attempt to stir up Islamaphobia in the West and convince Middle Eastern countries to side with Russia in any upcoming conflict.
Been watching this story as it develops, mainly due to my respect for AO3 as probably the closest thing to a true “safe space” online. This would be like if some group of hackers tried to take Weird Al’s site offline due to sacrilegious references to “the foods” and make it look like it was done in the name of Martha Stewart and Paula Deen.
—Patrick
—Patrick