thewayne: (Default)
The Wayne ([personal profile] thewayne) wrote2023-08-23 10:29 am
Entry tags:

Putin sweating a bit as Wagner troops begin disappearing from Belarus

Poor, poor Vlady.

It seems like a good 20% of Wagner's forces have left Belarus unexpectedly, heading either to Africa or "on vacation" as they don't make as much money sitting on their hands in Belarus as they do when they're fighting.

Maybe Zelensky should make a call to Putin's Caterer for some "take-out"....

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1804692/vladimir-putin-wagner-group-fighters-belarus-ukraine-war


Now, there's an interesting twist on this. The leader of Belarus, Lukashenko, is a little pissed at Putin because Putin won't pay for the mercenaries to stay in Belarus. Lukashenko doesn't want to be footing the bill, so apparently he's bussing them back into Russia! This apparently started a couple of weeks ago.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1800413/wagner-fighters-kicked-out-of-belarus-lukashenko-putin-russia


Meanwhile, Poland has mostly sealed its border with Belarus. THIS is another area where Putin should be very concerned: if Wagner forces take it into their head to attack Poland, that's an attack on NATO and trips a very nasty response. Other countries around Belarus have moved troops closer to their border as they just don't trust Putin or Lukashenko. Can't say that I blame them.
dewline: "Worst President Ever!" in Russian (Putin)

[personal profile] dewline 2023-08-23 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You learned the latest about Prigozhin? Apparently, private jets are the new tenth-story windows.
disneydream06: (Disney Shocked)

[personal profile] disneydream06 2023-08-24 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
I saw a headline about somebody disappearing.
I didn't read the article but I was assuming that Putin was making them disappear.
So it's the other way around, huh? They are making themselves "disappear"?
Put better hope they don't decide they want to run Russia. :p
Hugs, Jon