NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · edit-26 days agoZelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plotswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down10
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkZelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plotswww.reuters.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · edit-26 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarefiloria@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down6·6 days agoPurge has a Soviet connotation. How about “removal of dissidents”?
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·6 days agoGenerally indicating a firing squad, a wall and the undesirables.
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoNo one does firing squad nowadays. It’s either poison or defenestration.
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoIt’s the Secret Service of Ukraine. Dissidents don’t join the Secret Service in the first place, and the people ‘purged’ got treason charges.
Purge has a Soviet connotation.
How about “removal of dissidents”?
Generally indicating a firing squad, a wall and the undesirables.
No one does firing squad nowadays. It’s either poison or defenestration.
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.