People going about their daily business while soldiers position themselves for potential battle brings back memories.
Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
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Pinch of salt or bucket load?
Seems to be very little traffic in moscow (it's noon there):
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This is all incredibly convenient for Ukraine.
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Don’t ever forget:
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I suppose my complete ignorance of anything military is obvious
I was picturing a massacre from above if the Russian Army decided to actually take out the Wagner group, I have no idea how well equipped they are to put up a resistance to that.
Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for this dreadful Russian invasion of Ukraine at least whatever happens. Surely Ukraine can capitalize on this in a big way to retake their own territory?
'The board has full faith in the manager."
Give it Giggzhy til the end of the season.It still feels surreal. Everyone thought Putin's tight control mechanism would never allow something like this and here were are, from Kiev in 3 days to civil war in Russia. Who would have thought that providing your mercenaries with tens of thousands of soldiers and a huge amount of weapons of all kinds could one day bite your ass.
No more Wagner ads in Russia
(Maybe they will appear in Ukraine now
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No more Wagner ads in Russia
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(Maybe they will appear in Ukraine now
)Prigozzi went to PSGIt still feels surreal. Everyone thought Putin's tight control mechanism would never allow something like this and here were are, from Kiev in 3 days to civil war in Russia. Who would have thought that providing your mercenaries with tens of thousands of soldiers and a huge amount of weapons of all kinds could one day bite your ass.
No more Wagner ads
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Russians in for a long summer if these Wagner animals are successful.
Kadyrov might want to announce independence now in Chechnya.
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Could be difficult to bomb Wagner columns when you give them anti air systems.
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This could lead to the break up of Russia.
Kadyrov's comments so far seem to indicate he'll support Putin? Could be empty rhetoric, mind.
Of course he'll support Putin, because he got all his power and wealth from him. At least for as long as it looks like that Putin is winning. That goes for all of Putin's "friends". They will support him only as long as they think he'll win. Being on the losing side means either instant death, or prison with torture and then death. There is no middleground in Putin's Russia, he needs to make a statement.
Someone should tell him that now is the time to liberate Chechnya and become president and a legend over there.
I think Kadyrov has had enough evidence in Ukraine that he and his men are far too worthless to go it alone against men like Prigozhin and Putin.
Irony of ironies coming from the bloke who sold out his entire people.
Well this is just great news.
When have highly militarised angry nihilists not been the answer?
When have highly militarised angry nihilists not been the answer?
Finally caught up, must have been an eventful night
Enjoying the parallels between this and France's "Special Operation in Algerie"
Enjoying the parallels between this and France's "Special Operation in Algerie"
Hope civil air traffic has learned from past and takes a big loop around western Russia.
They probably should have been anyway no?
Yeah they already are. I've flown back and forth from Hong Kong multiple times since the invasion and the route which used to go over Russia is skirting around and going over Europe and the Middle East instead.
As far as I know, it's only Ukraine proper that was avoided before today.
Just checked flightradar24, and it seems they are, Sochi - Moscow flight takes a sizeable loop.
I know for sure that Finnair hasn't been flying over Russia for a long time now and if they don't I can't imagine other western airlines doing it.
Just on his way to the airport
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Yeah, western airliners stopped going there after war broke out, was thinking more of internal flights. Turkey - Moscow flights run dangerously close too.
If Wagner even get close to Moscow, or turns enough soldiers, that's when the domino's begin to fall and OTHER parties in the Putin circle wonder if they can take the jump and take power first.
Cheeky bet on Putin pulling back russian troops stationed in Belarus to help? He'd be toast if another uprising hit right about now.
Read the last line, it's satire