• 𝐘Ⓞz҉@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Can someone please explain what’s going on ? I am out of the loop. I know Wagner was fighting for Russia but what happened now?

    • certain_people@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Everyone in Wagner was about to be conscripted into the regular Russian Army as the latest in an ongoing power struggle between Wagner’s boss and the Russian MoD. So to avoid losing his private army, the boss has stepped up the power struggle to an attempted coup, basically.

      • dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The coup will be crushed, but it will weaken the Russian military even more and they lose their (now former) elite forces

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          1 year ago

          My money isn’t on the Russian Army being able to “crush” anything tougher than a chicken egg at this point.

    • UniquesNotUseful@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The head of Wagner was unhappy with Russian military leaders and thought he’d take matters into his own hands as Putin was going to support him. Putin did not. Now there are 10,000 men heading to Moscow.