I think it’s the perfect ending; we had a halfassed coup that:
saw an actual Russian city taken by a rebel military force
saw those rebels drive towards Moscow with the stated intention of arresting the heads of the MoD
cost Russia more aircraft in two days than Ukraine has destroyed in at least a month
prompted a very public response , including
fucking roadblocks and troops deployed in Moscow
Putin himself directly acknowledging it and calling it treason
an official criminal investigation
ended with Lukashenko brokering an agreement to get Putin to let Pierogi (and the guys who were doing that treasony shit with him) go.
And all in just 3 days. For the entertainment value alone it’s been entirely worth it, and I think there’s more than a few Russians who are less confident in their leader than a week ago. Coup attempts happen, but letting Pringlekan go is weak af, even if your plan is to murder him later. You gotta curbstop this kind of shit right away, and Russia was very obviously unable to do that.
If they thought the 90s were bad, wait till they see the 20s.
Watching that balloon deflate like a wet fart rather than pop was a huge disappointment
I think it’s the perfect ending; we had a halfassed coup that:
And all in just 3 days. For the entertainment value alone it’s been entirely worth it, and I think there’s more than a few Russians who are less confident in their leader than a week ago. Coup attempts happen, but letting Pringlekan go is weak af, even if your plan is to murder him later. You gotta curbstop this kind of shit right away, and Russia was very obviously unable to do that.
If they thought the 90s were bad, wait till they see the 20s.