• Clbull@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They’re a 50000-person-strong PMC. No way can they take on the full might of the Russian military unless you see huge swathes of the military join their rebellion.

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      1 year ago

      true … but the full might of the russian military is currently a bit stressed by another “special” task

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        1 year ago

        Which they will promptly forget about as soon as they get their way and then in 20 years everyone will wonder where the war lords came from.

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      in the movie Crimson Tide, the issue was the radical (cant remember his name) was sweeping to power as he won the ‘hearts and minds’ of the russian miliary. Now thats fiction set in post cold war russia, but I can definitely see the similarities. I wouldnt be surprised if Wagner are joined by brigades sent to ‘stop’ them