NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agoZelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plotswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkZelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plotswww.reuters.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarefiloria@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down7·5 months agoPurge has a Soviet connotation. How about “removal of dissidents”?
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·5 months 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.
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoYou know what’s funny? Purge is an English word.
Purge has a Soviet connotation.
How about “removal of dissidents”?
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.
You know what’s funny? Purge is an English word.