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[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A lot of them ended up in the city of Kursk, which is now also under risk of needing evacuate its 400000 residents. This is going to be a nightmare for Putin to deal with

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah, it's a nightmare for the civilian administration, Putin doesn't give a single fuck. He might be upset about the square kilometers of land, the factories that Kursk has, or the strategic importance, but I doubt he lost sleep over the residents

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I disagree, residents talk. Residents have family members around St Petersburg and Moscow that will share stories about how fucked this is. This puts Vlad in a bind

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

So, you're saying they need a couple of divisions of blocking troops to keep the bad news contained?

I'm only half joking, that's not even completely impossible

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 2 points 1 month ago

What are they gonna do? Allow the police to put a fresh coat of red on the Red Square?

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

They can always head north to Moscow. Plenty of potatoes and vodka to cry over.