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UK government considers preparing for scenario of unexpected collapse of Russian Federation (www.pravda.com.ua)

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According to internal assessments within the UK government, the UK should prepare for the scenario of an unexpected collapse of the Russian Federation so that such events do not take London by surprise.

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[–] novamdomum@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This whole sudden march on Moscow by Prigozhin really took everyone around the world by surprise didn't it? It seems to be making a lot of governments re-assess the timeline of this conflict. I wonder what the next big development will be?

[–] e-ratic@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Let's just hope the next big thing isn't a nuclear bomb

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's more likely to be Russia bombing the nuclear power plant.

[–] novamdomum@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've been wondering about that and Putin only shows restraint when he has no other choice. That means he would have done it long ago if he had the choice. I'm not sure why but it seems like he's never even remotely felt he had that choice (aside from posturing and moving warheads from a to b). Let's hope it stays that way.

[–] Ganondorf@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's been in question for a while what the Russian arsenal even looks like. The US nuclear silos take billions per year to keep afloat, but Russia's money seems to go mostly to oligarchs.

[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I think there have been statements that the US knew something about it before it happened, but maybe not long before it did.