please post any subsequent updates here unless they’re huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don’t have to be their own thread

  • ElsieEnglish
    27·
    2 years ago

    I saw that as well. Idk, it just seems really unlikely to just back down from a coup because Belarus gets involved…

    • JCPhoenix@beehaw.orgEnglish
      29·
      2 years ago

      This feels like wrestling “Kayfabe.” Like, was this just some weird feint by Russia? Try to bait Ukraine into doing something? This would be a new level of gaslighting if so…

      So strange.

      • Tyson712@kbin.social
        141·
        2 years ago

        I had that thought too, some false flag to get Ukraine to launch it’s main counteroffensive early

      • TheOtherJake@beehaw.orgEnglish
        13·
        2 years ago

        It could also be a way to shake out any elements of the Russian military or other paramilitary groups that are looking for ways to get out of Ukraine. Like, maybe the attacks on Wagner coming from the Russian army are rogue elements where Wagner is obviously the most effective target for friendly fire.

    • Dazawassa@programming.devEnglish
      15·
      2 years ago

      This has been months in the making. From what I can tell it’s a mix of Russian incompitence in the war effort and the Kremlins attempts to control more of Wagner. I have no idea where this is going or what either side has in mind but it’s definetly motivated by Wagner seeing the Kremlin itself as being the thing holding the war effort back.