r/justincaseyoumissedit • u/Upset-Main-1988 • 11h ago

ICYMI Today in Russia

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Ukrainian drones struck the Russian Wildberries distribution center

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u/Jon_Dunn58 1h ago

i heard what they hit was a very large warehouse, something like an amazon warehouse and that zelynski fired the general in charge of the army over this

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u/Njorls_Saga 1h ago

General Syrskyi’s dismissal had nothing to do with the warehouses being struck. The warehouses are being used as part of the Russian army logistics network. Syrskyi was fired because he was old school Soviet tactics and was disliked because of it. There are also corruption allegations swirling amongst the old guard of Ukraine…there’s an ongoing struggle between the new era coming up and the Soviet relics.

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u/SNStains 52m ago

It's amazing to me that Ukraine has still managed some reforms while an invading army is attacking them. If they are that committed to reform, they should be fully-fledged EU members.

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u/bigcantonesebelly 41m ago

Have you missed all the corruption which has been occurring still?

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u/SNStains 38m ago

some reforms

As I said

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u/bigcantonesebelly 37m ago

The reform seem to have just made it a different group of people though

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u/SNStains 29m ago

I make no claims on them being finished. I admire the effort in a time of war, and with such shitty, murderous neighbors.

I also like that Zelensky's trying to bring Fedorov back due to popular demand. To me, it looks like he made a mistake and is correcting it. Democracies aren't perfect, but they are self-correcting, and Ukraine seems to be preparing for when the invaders go home.

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u/Arcaneboltz 56m ago

pretty sure Ukraine was known for being one of the most corrupt countries in the world before the war started

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u/HurtFeeFeez 49m ago

Unfortunately there was a bunch of russian influence in Ukraine creating that corruption problem. Part of the reason why Russia invaded was because the newly elected government in '22 was working hard on weeding it out.

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u/bigcantonesebelly 39m ago

That's an oversimplification, they were weeding out Russian corruption as a competitor to their corruption, but it's still just as corrupt

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u/screwyoujor 29m ago

What an asinine statement.

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u/bigcantonesebelly 14m ago

Do expand please. The corruption still happening is just now from Zelensky's side of the aisle instead of from Russian loyalists.