NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoZelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plotswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down10
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkZelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plotswww.reuters.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarefiloria@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down6·1 year agoPurge has a Soviet connotation. How about “removal of dissidents”?
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·1 year agoGenerally indicating a firing squad, a wall and the undesirables.
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoNo one does firing squad nowadays. It’s either poison or defenestration.
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year 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.