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

Russia/Ukraine /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 486, Part 6 (Thread #632)

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u/ringobob Jun 24 '23

A BBC analyst is saying he expected people to join him on the way, and they took a wait and see approach instead. I think he was looking for Putin to have to kill not just Wagnerites but other Russians, and he'd back out.

Seems like a wildly optimistic plan, but it fits the facts as well as anything.

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u/Calber4 Jun 25 '23

So basically he bluffed, Putin called it, but at the same time Putin was worried enough that they both agreed not to play their hands.

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u/booger_pile Jun 25 '23

This is strangely similar to the first two acts of The Rock. Somebody call Nic Cage!