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submitted 1 year ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 34 points 1 year ago

I mean it doesn't seem to be a smart career choice

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So his plan was to start a coup with 21% of his normal force? No wonder they didn't make Moscow

[–] Granite@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My guess is that he planned on a popular uprising to join him along the way, and while he’s super popular, so is Putin. It didn’t materialize.

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

"By popular uprising you mean Telegram reactions right? If I 👍, I'm doing my part?" - Russian Mellenials, probably

[–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

The official said the majority of Wagner fighters in Ukraine — 49,000 — were prisoners.

I'm guessing they compromised a large portion of the dead. So not 21% of his normal forces.

[–] bumbly@readit.buzz 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everything is going according to plan.

[–] skillissuer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Don't ask whose plan, or which one