• limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
    481·
    2 years ago

    As native Moscovite, I can confirm that I’ve already scalped 3 Wagnerites and one very confused German composer.

  • abrasiveteapotEnglish
    42·
    2 years ago

    Not terribly credible. The reddit thread I first saw it on had a translated MoD announcement that only said Wagner were treasonous (but not shoot on sight) and some people arguing that the Russian version looked fake.

    Definitely grain of salt for now.

          • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
            10·
            2 years ago

            Weird. Seems videos from other domains don’t work, even other fediverse domains. Anyway, switched it to a gif link so it works.

            • SterlingVapor@lemmy.worldEnglish
              7·
              2 years ago

              I’m making a Lemmy app, and I’m pretty good at convincing media to work even when it’s reluctant (and as I’m making the app I want to use, everything should eventually be able to auto play)

              Could you break down the specifics for me? Preferably with links and any other details/thoughts you have on hand

              • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 years ago

                So, I was looking at it in Firefox. Whenever I linked to a video that was on a different domain than the one I was viewing the post from, the video wouldn’t load. So if I linked to a video hosted by Lemmy.world it would load when viewing the post from lemmy.world but not lemmy.ml. If I linked to a video hosted by Tenor Gifs, it wouldn’t load on any of them.

            • FidgetiegurlEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              Ya, weird. I do see it now. Cheers. Thanks for the question. Interesting post.

  • LarrytalkinEnglish
    41·
    2 years ago

    As a Russian, currently living in Moscow, can say this is bullshit. MD force other military volunteers squads to sign contract. Only Wagner Group declined.

    Fuck war.

  • Just_A_HumanEnglish
    172·
    2 years ago

    Remember, no Russian. Or Remember, all Russian.

  • ciko22i3@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    How strong is Wagner compared to Russian military? Are we talking ~1/10 of the strength, 1/100, 1/1000?

      • Redex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        2 years ago

        The main problem is that if they really started fighting, Wagner is wholly reliant on the Russian army to support them with ammunition. Wagner has no logistics and would quickly crumble from it.

      • ciko22i3@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Wow thats a lot more than I expected. I thought they are just a loud bunch of mercenaries. They can actually do some decent damage if they decide to turn on putin.

  • NAFOEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    The only tactic these guys know is escalation in the hope that someone backs down. Prigozhin as a gangster knows the value of intimidation and not backing down, but Shoigu is just hoping his credentials do the scaring for him because he has no fucking street cred, he’s just some Ural paperpusher. I think he’s terrified of prigozhin

  • JohnDClayEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    No wonder Russia has been human waving Wagner, trying to thin the ranks (No clue if this is credible, but if it isn’t, it just fits here better)

    • ShitOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for the clarification 🤠