c/news · by dude@lemmings.world · 172dPutin’s top military commander killed in Russian plane crash https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alexander-otroshchenko-russia-plane-crash-b2952378.html202 points · 21 comments · view on lemmy.world
21 Comments
redlemace@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 172d
Stupid of him to take a window seat
yakko@feddit.uk · 41 pts · 172d
Oh no, what if they replace him with someone who knows how to do war?
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 34 pts · 172d
I think all of them are long gone by now. He will be replaced with some other incompetent sycophant.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 4 pts · 172d
I hope you're right, but I'm afraid there's always a chance of someone competent still existing in the ranks
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 172d
Their mercenaries know but they also killed prighozin and certainly aren't letting them get near actual power after the half rebellion.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 172d
Nah, that guy tried to fly a long time ago.
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 171d
That position is probably just saying "Yes/Sure/Of Course" to Putin.
But if that "yes" doesn't yield positive results, you're put on a plane.
yakko@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 171d
That's the basic idea, but that hotdog mogul Prigozhin showed us there's a whole secret menu of bad options as well!
atropa@piefed.social · 38 pts · 172d
StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social · 29 pts · 172d
Wait for it, planes also have windows
jim_v@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 172d
My plane has Arch, btw.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 172d
"#2, you're now #1. Good luck!"
"Thanks, I guess..."
Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 172d
What an "unfortunate accident" ;)
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 172d
They couldn't find a building tall enough.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 172d
Accident?
Forester@pawb.social · 7 pts · 172d
Internal purge most likely. Officially accident likely either equipment failure or pilot error or both.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 172d
The old fascist pension plan.
daychilde@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 172d
CFIT, if true. Not defenestration this time, apparently.
Albbi@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 172d
Running into a cliff face at speed is like falling out the window of a tall building, just rotated 90°.
Forester@pawb.social · 1 pts · 172d
Depending on how fast the impact and how pancaked the fuselage there is a strong chance it was a partial defonstration
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 8 pts · 172d
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 172d
That's old news. Why write about it now?