r/justincaseyoumissedit 11h ago

ICYMI Today in Russia

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

u/Njorls_Saga 59m 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.

u/Arcaneboltz 55m ago

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

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.

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

u/screwyoujor 28m ago

What an asinine statement.

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.