downpunxx@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWagner Group captures headquarters of the Southern Military District and the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rostov, the headquarters of Russia's base of operations for War in Ukrainelemmy.worldimagemessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1168arrow-down1imageWagner Group captures headquarters of the Southern Military District and the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Rostov, the headquarters of Russia's base of operations for War in Ukrainelemmy.worlddownpunxx@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelycanrising@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agomy mind is so blown. i didn’t have wagner turning against russia on my bingo card
minus-squareHerrLewakaas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI mean Prigozin has been advertising his eventual turning against Putin for a while, but I didn’t think it would happen as a full on military coup
minus-squareGorbachof@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMy personal theory is that he never intended it to get this far (previously he never called out Putin directly), but a failed assassination attempt made him decided he has no choice.
minus-squareDouble_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI kinda had it on it when Prigozhin started releasing videos of him acting as a reasonable person to gain popular support.
minus-squaregreen_dragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy father who is Russian has been talking about Wagner turning on Russia for the past 2 months. Dogs of war. So my bingo card has been stamped.
minus-squareThisIsMyLemmyLogin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI didn’t either, but history has plenty of examples of mercenary armies turning against their employers.
my mind is so blown. i didn’t have wagner turning against russia on my bingo card
I mean Prigozin has been advertising his eventual turning against Putin for a while, but I didn’t think it would happen as a full on military coup
My personal theory is that he never intended it to get this far (previously he never called out Putin directly), but a failed assassination attempt made him decided he has no choice.
I kinda had it on it when Prigozhin started releasing videos of him acting as a reasonable person to gain popular support.
My father who is Russian has been talking about Wagner turning on Russia for the past 2 months. Dogs of war. So my bingo card has been stamped.
I didn’t either, but history has plenty of examples of mercenary armies turning against their employers.