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[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mercenaries without a leader , what could possibly go wrong

[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

blyat, time for me, Ruskvy Ryan to step up and take the lead.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Savink Ruskvy Ryan, in theaters next fall

[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Next fall" as in next autumn, right? Not next fall like "fall in a plane crash?" Right??

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Uh, yes comrade, of course. You are most honored hero. Please, come with me to 16th floor balcony.

[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, that's very high. The view must be bolshoy!

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Da, it’s to die for.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

For some reason your comment made me think of this game quote..

"There must always be a Lich King."

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

“There’s a lot of talk right now about what the Wagner Group will do. We can tell you one thing. We are getting started, get ready for us,” the soldiers said in a translated video. It is unclear who they were directing their message to.

Damn. Chilling stuff. I'm chilled.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They are in the absolute middle of nowhere in Belarus, any organized movement is going to be easily countered before they get anywhere close to Russia

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

By who? Uncle Luka will be glad to be rid of them.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Would be easy for Russia to do so

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] vanontom@geddit.social 2 points 2 years ago

Stay Wendy's(R) Frosty(R).

[–] 7112@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

What if he just faked his death? Kremlin gets to look tough and he's free to walkaway from a losing war.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yea that seems like a great way to really have all the Wagner soldiers turn on Russia. They only stopped last time because the boss said to, if he’s gone there’s no one to stop them

[–] norbert@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's also no one to pay them, which is usually fairly important to mercenaries.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There’s also no one to pay them

I wouldn't bet on that. The business side of Wagner should be intact. It's not like Prigz was hand writing checks to his tens of thousands of employees scattered all over Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and at least 6 more countries on the African Continent.

Wagner PMC is a business, a big one, and that means administrative staff running the day to day of recruiting, hiring, payroll, purchasing, and logistics. Those people weren't on that plane, or at least not enough of them to make any real difference.

[–] mashbooq 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of my favorite Ukrainian journalists mentioned that she'd heard Prigozhin had instructions to march on the Kremlin in case of his untimely death. She emphasized that it was more of a rumor than anything else, but interesting if true.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I'd bark too if I realized I had no bite. Hope they cause some damage before they're purged.

[–] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Good news first the world is in great shape

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Didn't they already start like many years ago?

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

“In the area of ​​​​the camp of Private Military Company ‘Wagner,’ in the village of Tsel and in the Osipovichi district, there are currently severe disruptions in the mobile Internet.”