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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] filoria@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Purge has a Soviet connotation.

How about "removal of dissidents"?

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

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.