• Bernie Ecclestoned
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    1 year ago

    Is Putin coping? One minute it’s an armed mutiny, next they won’t be charged as criminals

    Uh oh.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      What we’ve learned from this whole affair is that Russian army isn’t demoralized and there is no potential for mutiny. The gamble was clearly based on the idea that a significant portion of the army would flip, and that simply didn’t happen. Practically all of the political and military establishment showed unity against the coup. This likely allowed Russia to clean house well which means that this sort of fiasco is even less likely to succeed going forward.

      Hope you’re well stocked up on copium, gonna need a lot of it going forward.

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        1 year ago

        A significant portion of the army stood by and did nothing. That’s not quite flipping, but it’s close

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        1 year ago

        What are you smoking? Do you think this has made Putin look stronger or weaker?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          1 year ago

          Anybody with a couple of brain cells to bang together understands that this allowed Putin to further consolidate power and purge any dissidents. So, yes, Putin is obviously in a stronger position now than he was previously.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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              1 year ago

              First, it’s pretty hilarious that you think wagner is the only effective branch of Russian military. Second, you’re even wrong there because what’s actually happening is that wagner is now integrated directly into the military. You really make a sport out of being confidently wrong. LOL

              • Bernie Ecclestoned
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                1 year ago

                It was the only effective branch in Ukraine. Russian subs are good, but they are of no use in this war.

                Their air force doesn’t seem to have air superiority more than a year later, not very effective.

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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                  1 year ago

                  Ah yes, that’s why Ukrainian offensive has run into a wall for the past 4 weeks. You are very intelligent and rational.

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                    They are not using the mass wave attack method dating from the first world war like Russia did, no.

                    They’ve got lots of shiny new kit and well trained troops who actually want to fight these invaders, so they’ll use combined forces attacks, like the Russians were incapable of, following a reconnaissance by fire period to test the defensive line.