China & Russia

Do you reckon when they all got on the plane together someone went “what a coincidence we’re all on the same flight?”….

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Just like the mull of kintyre Chinook crash…. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Question; why was he even in Russia?

He never left. Probably actually died in Putin’s office weeks ago.

Wagner are claiming it was shot down

I pity the 3 crew members.

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Was my thinking too when I saw it happened in Russia, rather than in Africa where he’s allegedly been lately.

Although Russian air defence hasn’t exactly been amazing recently.

Suspicion from some media sources that the main man might have been on a secondary aircraft.

Either a bomb or a shoot down from the limited video clips that are surfacing.

Theyre gonna be biting at the bit to fight now

Could be interesting to see how groups of Wagner react either way; they were far more loyal to Prigozhin than to Putin.

If they do believe that Prigozhin was assassinated by Russian authorities, I wonder if they still have enough centralised coordinating abilities to make their disquiet known.

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You would think Putin would’ve had contingencies in place before lobbing they head off the snake.

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From the guy who planned a 3 day “Special Military Operation” that’s lasted… 500+ days?

Yeah, I’m sure he’s all over the plans.

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Some videos circulating of his convoy speeding through moscow to the Kremlin around midnight Russian time.

Ukraine are claiming that some Wagner convoys are heading through Belarusian territory toward Russia, with Belarusian special forces attempting to stop them. They’re citing pro-Ukrainian Belarusian assets.

The was a Russian official on the radio this morning. He was adamant that Ukraine did it. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Now seems it was a lot more serious with a pilot going rogue.

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Reading that report, I’m not sure that the pilot was going rogue. Sounds more like the controller may have been, deliberately using ambiguous language to cover his backside if the Kremlin disagreed with his decision.

“You have your target” is a fairly ominous statement.

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Pretty crazy. If that missile had landed, it likely would have likely killed 30 NATO personnel. I think things would have escalated significantly…

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Go back to 1983

And also Iran Air Flight 655…