it’s not the soldiers going to Belarus, it was only offered to pregozhin himself… if this is on the level
I would be surprised if Pregozhin voluntarily abandons what makes him indispensable to Putin. Without his armed forces, Pregozhin is just an impotent loudmouth in a sea of impotent loudmouths. He's setting himself up for defenestration if he goes that route.
What if this is all an elaborate ruse to redeploy Wagner to Ukraine's northern border?
Prigozhin is pissed off at Russia's Ministry of Defense. He thinks they suck. Russian MoD is pissed off at Wagner. They really wish Prighozin would forget his social media passwords and STFU. Prigozhin "mutinies" by taking Rostov-on-Don. A couple of MoD choppers were supposedly shot down, but for the large part, very few casualties. Putin looks angry. Claims to have been "stabbed in the back". Lukashenko of Belarus "brokers a peaceful resolution", and Pregozhin and his Wagnerites agree to go to Belarus.
... in exile? I doubt it.
This looks like a winning situation for everyone concerned. Russian MoD finally get the Wagnerites out of their hair. Wagner ends up in Belarus for a much-needed resupply of equipment and perhaps some Belarusan soldiers / convicts. Putin saves face. Lukashenko looks competent.
What if Wagner subsequently decides to re-enter the fray, but this time from Ukraine's northern border? Kyiv and Lviv are closer to Belarus than they are to Russia.
Hmmm....
So you know, my hope of a TV-first were dashed unfortunately.
As far as Silo as a whole is concerned, the first episode is definitely worth watching. It's easily the best of the series so far. The rest of the season? If you're into dystopic scifi, you might latch on to it just to find out what the Silo environment is all about (like me). Otherwise, I dare say you'll likely lose interest.
Russia accused mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of calling for an armed mutiny on Friday after he alleged, without providing evidence, that the military leadership had killed 2,000 of his fighters and vowed to stop what he called its "evil".
Silo ... Holy crap, if what we think happens to the main character at the end of epsiode 8 actually happens, I think that's a TV first. I don't want to be too specific to give anything away, but goodness! is everyone in my household looking forward to the next episode.
Star Trek Voyager. Yesterday, I watched Alter Ego from season 3 which featured this memorable scene:
Yep! That's the mighty half-Klingon B'Elanna Torres being strangled by a cheerful holodeck entity wielding a Lei of Strangulation +5.
Jokes aside, there are some really good episodes in Voyager. I think Season 2 is my favourite so far.
I was looking forward to this week's thread. It's a few days late, so I took some initiative. :)