By most estimates it seems that more than 50,000 Ukrainian troops have died in this city alone over the past 8 months. One year ago in history on this date, Mariupol, the birthplace of Azov Nazism, was liberated as well. @shrike502@Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml it seems that Prigozhin’s random diatribes about “running out of ammo” turned out to be some wild psyop after all, I wonder what was happening
Yeah, I still ain’t buying. It would mean AFU and their puppeteers in Washington rely on this kind of publicity for intel. Which, given what we know and can surmise about USian spy apparatus, just doesn’t seem likely.
I’m more willing to believe it is some type of intra-bourgeousie conflict, with a dash of hype. I’ve seen plenty of pro-SMO channels berate MoD after that notorious video. Plenty of civvies too. So if it was a test by Russian government how responsive people would be to this type of privatised militarism, it worked nicely.
I think Prigozhin might just be self-interested and is making himself into a “war hero” in the same act that Zelensky is performing. Using dead bodies of your own comrades to make a point felt pretty disrespectful to me, not something that Putin and his supporters would like. You’re in Russia right? How was that received by the parent and grandparent generations?
I’ve not spoken of that particular video with any of the older generations
Ah yes, very professional and everything. Totally.
Note this bit:
This suggests pentagon is aware of Russian troops movement and strength - which I’d wager includes PMCs. SBU was apparently capable of finding some rando to try and blow up Zakhar Prilepin near Nizhny Novgorod (which is pretty far from the border). Capable of providing said rando with the explosives, too.