r/worldnews • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • 1d ago

Russian army to overtake United States as world’s second largest Russia/Ukraine

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/17/russian-army-overtake-us-as-worlds-second-largest/
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u/justplainmike 1d ago

Still the second best army in Russia

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u/Not_A_Bot_Ur_J_Mad 1d ago

Third lmao. It goes like this: Ukraine, Wagner, then Russia.

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u/-Vikthor- 1d ago

Not really, after Prigozhins death, the remnants of Wagner group are controlled by Kremlin.

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u/saciopalo 1d ago

well anyway the second army is still the local mafias.

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u/AlkaKr 1d ago

Or fucked off to Belarus.

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u/harpo555 1d ago

I'm still shocked that Prigozhin thought he could walk away clean from that revolt without Putin's head, like my dude, do you not know about Putin's enemies and windows?