pips to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agoWagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russiawww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square776fedilinkarrow-up11.44Karrow-down120cross-posted to: shockingnews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.world
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minus-square@masterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish72•edit-22 years agoIt seems like oddly coincidental timing that Russia also officially relieved Surovikin as head of the airforce today (he still hasn’t been seen since the mutiny): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/23/russia-removes-sergei-surovikin-as-head-of-aerospace-forces Not saying he’s definitely dead, but I doubt this is him faking his own death so much as him slipping an assassination attempt if he’s alive.
minus-square@Gork@lemm.eelinkfedilink29•2 years agoAh yes. The general who the Kremlin said was “resting.” Nothing ominous about that.
minus-square@awwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilink11•2 years agoAgreed, coordinated take down of Prigozhin and his allies.
It seems like oddly coincidental timing that Russia also officially relieved Surovikin as head of the airforce today (he still hasn’t been seen since the mutiny): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/23/russia-removes-sergei-surovikin-as-head-of-aerospace-forces
Not saying he’s definitely dead, but I doubt this is him faking his own death so much as him slipping an assassination attempt if he’s alive.
Ah yes. The general who the Kremlin said was “resting.” Nothing ominous about that.
Death is the ultimate rest
Agreed, coordinated take down of Prigozhin and his allies.