archived https://archive.is/2024.01.30-160038/https://www.ft.com/content/aa9aacfc-c248-4550-bf28-d79ad4c553cb

  • lorty@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    Removing the rival of course. If he gets executed it'll be just like the last days of Germany in WW2.

  • ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    We are witnessing the formations of factions in the Ukrainian state. The "government faction" formed mostly of the legislative and executive apparatus with Zelenskyy leading, and the "military faction" made up mostly of part of the armed forces and headed by Zaluzhny. This is typically the kind of environment prone to coup d'état: most of the military being opposed to the government.

    As Moon of Alabama wrote: In just one day a military coup In Kiev has suddenly become much more possible. As further the military situation deteriorates the higher are the chances that it will eventually happen.

  • Anarcho-Bolshevik@lemmygrad.mlM
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    9 months ago

    a definite sign that things are going great

    But it is! Zelenskyy is handling the war so well that he doesn’t even need a general to help him! We can be surer than ever now that Russia is going to lose the war, and I promise that it’ll happen this month. Putin is biting his fingernails as we speak.

  • Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    So for those unaware, zaluzhny is/was the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces. Top dog of the military, officially under Ukrainian defense minister and president.

    Well known previous tensions because zelensky (president) was all about symbolic useless stunts to keep westerb aid flowing, while zaluzhny wanted to preserve soldier lives and force a stalemate which was the best Ukraine could hope for.

    Initially the west sold the idea of Ukraine winning everything back (zelensky-politicians and neonazis position) but that is unrealistic and now they are pivoting towards limited aid and Ukraine forcing a stalemate and negotiations (zaluzhny-military and moderate politicians)

    • LeniX@lemmygrad.ml
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      9 months ago

      So for those unaware, zaluzhny is/was the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces. Top dog of the military, officially under Ukrainian defense minister and president.

      Also - a staunch banderite

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        I'm curious, does that mean there's a split even among the Nazis between the "take back Crimea" and "force a stalemate" positions?

    • gunter [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      It's like when you gotta go poop but nothing comes out. But then you sneeze and you make a "ZALUGHNZY" sound. Then you poop.

    • Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml
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      9 months ago

      Commander in chief of Ukrainian armed forces.

      Moderately competent considering the bullshit zelensky and the west request

  • Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    Seems to be a trend in trench warfare. Happened in the British, German and I think French armies as well once it became clear WWI was not going to see any quick or decisive victories.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
      hexagon
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      9 months ago

      You basically end up with a situation where the civilian government sets up high expectations in order to rally public support for the war. Then when it becomes clear that the promised outcome cannot be achieved, the civilian government finds itself in a contradiction with the military command. This is what we're now seeing play out in Ukraine after the failure of the summer offensive.