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filoria
lemmy.ml

Purge has a Soviet connotation.

How about "removal of dissidents"?

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sunzureply
kbin.run

Generally indicating a firing squad, a wall and the undesirables.

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pelyareply
lemmy.world

No one does firing squad nowadays. It's either poison or defenestration.

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pelyareply
lemmy.world

It's the Secret Service of Ukraine. Dissidents don't join the Secret Service in the first place, and the people 'purged' got treason charges.

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aramis87
fedia.io

Hunh. Now I'm wondering how many soldiers and security personnel have had loved ones kidnapped from the occupied areas.

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Potatos_are_not_friends
lemmy.world

Introducing Colonel Oleksiy Morozov to the staff on Monday, Zelenskiy said his main task was to ensure that only those who see their future tied with Ukraine join the agency - his first comments since the agents were arrested.

"And, of course, the agency must be cleared of anyone who chooses not Ukraine for themselves or discredits the state guard service," he said on Telegram.

Smart.

Putin's government is all about subterfuge.

Don't hire anybody who is in it for the money.

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