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Leader of Wagner mercenaries says forces entered Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance (www.pbs.org)

submitted 1 year ago by CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Rostov holds the HQ of the Russian ministry of defense, and is also a major logistics hub.

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[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not sure if replacing Putin with Prigozjin will be an improvement.

[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's unlikely he will be able to secure power.

[–] QHC@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

The only hopeful improvement is that his reign would be more unstable and maybe the oligarchs don't support him. Like always, that means that innocent Russian civilians will take the brunt of the actual consequences.