• @[email protected]
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      674 months ago

      The death of the Russian investigative journalist Maksim Borodin, who wrote about the deaths of mercenaries in Syria in mid-April 2018, was linked by the media to his publications about Wagner’s casualties in the clash at Khasham.

      Maksim Borodin (1985 – 15 April 2018) was a Russian investigative journalist. On 12 April 2018 he was severely injured after falling from his fifth-floor balcony in Yekaterinburg.[1] He was placed in a coma, but died from his injuries on 15 April.

      Some things never change.

      • @mindbleach
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        74 months ago

        Making this medal a stupid prize.

      • @[email protected]M
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        it’s the “you survived interservice infightging (for now), congratulations ⭐” award

    • rustydomino
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      104 months ago

      If you believe the US account, just … wow. The amount of air support firepower they dropped on OPFOR was just crazy. A bad day to be a Wagner merc for sure.

  • @[email protected]
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    344 months ago

    Why is it in Arabic though ? It says something like “undefeated… Unbroken” in Arabic

    • circuscritic
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      Because it was in Syria, and the people slaughtered were a mix of local Syrian military/militia and Russian mercs.

  • verity_kindleM
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    184 months ago

    The bits on the edge look like Arabic more than flames. What is the metal in that medal? Pot? Center image looks like a lumpy sandbag scarecrow wearing a huge parka.

    • nukeOPM
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      There’s flames on the bottom, but the sides are definitely Arabic. Someone else said it’s “Unbroken Undefeated”, but I can’t read Arabic so I’m just taking their word for it.