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thewaynePoor, 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.
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.
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Date: 2023-08-23 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-08-23 07:07 pm (UTC)No, haven't heard anythnig about this!
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Date: 2023-08-23 07:51 pm (UTC)Wow! What a story! I just read about it and posted a link to a BBC article on it.
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Date: 2023-08-24 01:50 am (UTC)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