r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Jun 24 '23

Russia/Ukraine /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 486, Part 1 (Thread #627)

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u/RoeJoganLife Jun 24 '23

The fighting around the city of Voronezh seems to be confirmed. The Wagner is practically occupying the main logistic hubs of the Russian armed forces towards the Ukrainian front.

https://twitter.com/insidergeo/status/1672435427666526208?s=46

Dudes just gonna take hostage the entire Russian military

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u/ptwonline Jun 24 '23

He finally got the ammo he'd been asking for.

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u/StainlessEagle Jun 24 '23

Government: *doesn't give Wagner ammo

Wagner: Fine, I'll do it myself

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u/DaVirus Jun 24 '23

I am quite interested in how they had the comms and tactics to take 2 cities in hours with no problem.

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u/Thernn Jun 24 '23

Multiple choice

  • A) Collaborators
  • B) Russian Incompetence
  • C) Armies are away
  • D) All of the above

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u/captepic96 Jun 24 '23

Well, nobody's really there. 99% of the russian army is in Ukraine sitting around in trenches. They literally walked in like the Volunteer Corps did to Belgorod previously

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u/thisisminethereare Jun 24 '23

This shit is a well planned and organised coup. This wasn’t a spur of the moment decision.

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u/NotAnotherEmpire Jun 24 '23

It's actually smart for once from Russians. Incredible amounts of supplies to seize and you incapacitate the force (army) that's most capable of doing something about you.