news [Day 1001] Russian Invasion of Ukraine

[Cryptique]

Just now, nasa said:

I wonder what NATO/USA’s actions will be if prigozhin ever seizes power? Nothing?

hopefully, NOTHING. . unless they'll start bombing NATO soils

[Saddy]

Oh it's getting more interesting

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1 minute ago, nathanspears said:

Isn't Wagner literally a group of neo-nazis? How is them being in charge going to be any different/better

 

No one's claiming it is  I'm certainly not  

 

One man who happens to have amassed the loyalty of up to 50,000 heavily armed mercenaries happens to be mad he's being ridiculed and was promised things that weren't delivered so now he's decided to go the kamikaze route. 

 

I think it's important to understand here IMHO that Progozhin isn't looking for power, he's looking to destroy Putin and is willing to die to do it and doesn't really care what happens afterwards. Apparently there's a lot of armed forces that are willing to follow him to their deaths. They're just tired and pissed.

 

Moscow nor Putin is falling, but if the longer term goal here is for him to lose enough support from his people who were promised (even during the draft) that there'd be no chaos IN the homeland, that I can conveivalby see that happening. That's the ultimate goal here - enough bravery instilled in the citizens for revolt given a military backlash would no longer be a concern.

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[Shelter]

It’s kinda scary tbh 

[Terylee]

What I don't get. Why isn't Russia doing an air strike on the Wagner group on their way to Moscow? I don't want them to but from Putin's point of view it would seem easier than risking them get to Moscow.

[Fastlane]

Their column does not meet any resistance from the local authorities and the police and is already approaching Moscow. Monday is declared a non-working day in Moscow.

[Illuminati]

12 minutes ago, nathanspears said:

Isn't Wagner literally a group of neo-nazis? How is them being in charge going to be any different/better

 

Russians fighting among themselves and depleting their own supplies/infrastructure is a net positive that opens many other opportunities, like Belarus seizing control over its own territory, or Ukraine gaining a major breakthrough while Russian military is in disarray.

 

[nasa]

russian media is reporting that kremlin is preparing to introduce martial law

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2 minutes ago, Terylee said:

What I don't get. Why isn't Russia doing an air strike on the Wagner group on their way to Moscow? I don't want them to but from Putin's point of view it would seem easier than risking them get to Moscow.

Too much risk of civilian deaths. I'm not pretending Putin's a saint here, but given his promise to his citizens that this fight would never reach the homeland has been broken, he has to be strategic in his response. 

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[ZIVERT]

If you would like some laughs as all of this is going down, I suggest you check out the twitter account @russophileLs. A bunch of tankie and far right coping going on and it’s delicious  

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LOT OF INFO GETTING COVERED ON THIS HERE FOR ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO CATCH UP: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group_rebellion

[nasa]

@Espresso something's definitely about to happen in Belarus. This Belarusian public figure released a statement in which he said that a person from lukashenko's circle with a part of security forces will turn against lukashenko soon and urged Belarusians to wait for "the signal"

 

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by nasa

[nasa]

I agree that all Belarusian anti-government forces need to act NOW because they might not have this chance later assuming prigozhin fails in russia

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[nathanspears]

What actually is martial law?

[Saddy]

4 minutes ago, nathanspears said:

What actually is martial law?

Is the substitution of a civilian government for military rule, and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties may be suspended for as long as martial law continues.

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12 minutes ago, ZIVERT said:

If you would like some laughs as all of this is going down, I suggest you check out the twitter account @russophileLs. A bunch of tankie and far right coping going on and it’s delicious  

I wish all of these american weirdos that have been marketing russia this whole time would get arrested as soon as the war is over 

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