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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who's going to crush them? The Russian military? They are going to join them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Well, according to newest updates apparently not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I know next to nothing about whats going on but crushed appears harsh. They're marching through to Moscow unfettered.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

woah, so a win-win for us

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Supposedly it is over. Wagner announced that they are no longer advancing.