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Kadyrov claimed Thursday that the vehicle, which he said had been outfitted with a machine gun and was “performing well in combat,” had been shut down, adding Friday that he had sent two additional Tesla Cybertrucks to the frontline.

  • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    wait what qualifies someone to be called a warlord? shouldn’t every US president be called that? actually basically every “Western” leader in pretty much all of history should right?

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      1 month ago

      Basically legitimacy and having army. Oxford definition is “a military commander, especially an aggressive regional commander with individual autonomy.” Kadyrov technically would be a warlord from the Russian point of view, but he’s the legal head of federated state and his army is legal too and do legal things, he also have relevant and real rank in RF forces.