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[–] [email protected] 292 points 1 year ago (46 children)

I wish them the best of luck. Not that they have any chance of success but the more damage they cause to the Russian army, the better

[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Was there actually anything stopping them before, other than some traffic cops with a grenade launcher, and some excavator operators frantically digging up the motorway?

[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, but they chickened out and now Putin has had a month to set up defenses

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Military equipment in Russia protecting Putin is military equipment that can't be used to attack Ukraine, so this is still a win.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Especially if Wagner manages to destroy some or a lot of them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And if they don't, their own equipment is destroyed which also belongs to Russia.

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

Putin lost his corn flakes.

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

It was a bad idea to begin with. Putin would and did flee to his bunker and then have to endure a siege on Moscow after that... There is no way they win a siege against the Russian army, in Moscow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea but at least he would have died fighting. Now he died for nothing lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Died fighting whom? The Russian populace that he seems to support, and are apathetic at worst towards him? It's not like Putin himself was going to lead the siege charge on horse back carrying an AK or something.

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