• D_C@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    Oh no, that’s terrible. Just terrible. So sooooo very terrible. Sniff sniff.
    Anyways, anyone want pizza?

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    “Blamed Ukraine.” Ok so now we know it was a political assassination by the Kremlin.

    With that out of the way, I get this feeling that typically it’s a bad idea to kill your military leaders. I don’t know how the military works in Russia, but given that an oligarch was able to march his PMC to Moscow with no opposition makes me wonder if the Kremlin has any capacity for reasoning over reaction.

    • Cort@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      I’m betting it was to prevent another Prigozhin incident

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      13 hours ago

      They’re kinda locked in on the “reign of terror” tech tree

      The state holds the keys to power that grant it the monopoly on violence. In a democracy, those keys are pretty spread out, in an oligarchy, they’re less so.

      Any one of the oligarchs could take over at basically any moment, and with shit hitting the fan the way it is, Putin can’t show weakness or own failure at all

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    24 hours ago

    Hell yes, more of this to people who deserve it, especially Russian military officers who continue following Putins orders.

  • thenoirwolfess@lemmynsfw.com
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    24 hours ago

    Gen Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in April when a car exploded next to his house in Moscow. The Kremlin blamed Ukraine, which did not comment.

    Ukraine not even bothering with a response, just silently crippling our enemy’s offense. Mature af

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      22 hours ago

      The Kremlin blamed Ukraine

      …so it was probably the Kremlin.

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        22 hours ago

        Yeah, I’m in the same boat. I believe this is more as Propaganda direct from Putin.

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        22 hours ago

        Unless this guy was a dissenting general, doesn’t make a lot of sense from a propaganda perspective. Too costly.

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          21 hours ago

          It’s not like they’ve been bringing home the bacon. Would not surprise me if they’ve been telling lies about how well the campaign is going.

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      18 hours ago

      No matter who did it, this is the correct response. If they aren’t responsible, other Russian leaders will still suspect they are and live in fear of it happening to them. If they are responsible, they’ll still suspect that it was the Kremlin, or someone else in Russia, and live in fear. Ukraine taking responsibility or not reduces the amount of fear they might have.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      22 hours ago

      Get real, there is a 100% chance this is just the Kremlin dealing with difference of opinion and this guy was smart enough to not stay above the ground floor of a hotel.

  • Zier@fedia.io
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    23 hours ago

    It’s just like a scene from Ментовские войны. Good job Ukraine!