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Wagner forces are said to be in control of military facilities in the city of Voronezh, north of Rostov and on route to Moscow (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TheOtherJake@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.fmhy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...and this is why you don't betray the mercenaries you hire.

[–] sarsaparilyptus@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Which is almost literally a tale as old as time. This sequence:

invade another country to take their shit
oops it's not going so well
hire mercenaries with no morals to wreck stuff
don't pay your mercenary bills and/or attack them for being too powerful
the mercenaries sack your own cities

That's not just modern times, and it's not even just medieval times: I'm pretty sure at least one Assyrian king was deposed that way. People like Putin are doomed to repeat history, it's their lot in life.