Putin couldn’t afford to let that trash talking punk get away with it without appearing weak. I’m only surprised it took this long to kill him.
Not just that, but note the symmetry: Prighozhin shot down an intelligence gathering AN-24 killing 10.
Pooty Poot demonstrated he didn’t forget. Or forgive.
The problem is that he was competent. The Russian military is incompetent.
The war in Ukraine goes on.