Wagner Group forces have moved into Belarus, following a short-lived rebellion by Russian mercenaries against the Kremlin last month, according to Ukrainian and Polish officials.
Andriy Demchenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service, said in a Telegram post on Saturday that Wagner’s forces had been observed moving from Russia towards Belarus.
Poland’s deputy coordinating minister for special services, Stanislaw Zaryn, also said on Saturday that his latest intelligence suggested that Russian mercenaries had reached Belarus.
“The extent of the Wagner Group’s involvement on Belarusian soil remains unclear,” Zaryn said in a statement. video posted on twitter. “But one thing is certain: the Wagner Group will deploy to Belarus to fulfill a mission of some kind.”
The Belarusian Defense Ministry shared a video on Friday showing Wagner’s forces. train Belarusian troops.
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin launched the rebellion against Moscow late last month, calling for the removal of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu after months of criticism of how Russia’s military leadership was conducting the war in Ukraine.
He and his forces finally halted their advance on Moscow, after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko negotiated a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin and the troops that participated in the rebellion. did not face charges and they were allowed to leave Russia for neighboring Belarus.
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