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The president of belarus, Alexander Lukashenkowill meet on Sunday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putinin what will be their first meeting since the mediation of the Belarusian leader to stop the mutiny of the mercenaries of the wagner groupof which thousands have already moved to the neighboring country.
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The Kremlin reported today that during the meeting in Moscow, putin and lukashenko will address “current issues of the development of Russian-Belarusian relations and cooperation within the framework of the state union” between both countries.
lukashenko He already announced on June 27 that he would see himself soon with putinwith whom he will deal in addition to the bilateral tiescommon opposition to Western sanctions, the “international agenda and”security issues”, his office said today.
Poland has announced that it will deploy military units to the border with belarus in response to the presence of the mercenaries of the wagner group in the neighboring country.
At the same time, Ukraine has strengthened its own border protection measures belarus after the arrival of at least nine columns of wagnerites to that country, which served as a springboard for Russian troops to attack northern Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
putin warned Poland on Friday that an attack on Belarus would mean “aggression” against Russia, which has deployed tactical nuclear weapons in the neighboring country, its closest ally in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
lukashenko confirmed at the end of June that “much” of these weapons are already on Belarusian territory.
He also assured that the Russian mercenaries are not going to guard the Russian tactical nuclear weapons, but that they will train the Belarusian forces and that for this Minsk will regulate by decree or a binding agreement the mission of the wagnerites in the country.
The Belarusian research team gayunwhich monitors military activity in Belarusian territory, said last Tuesday that there were already between 2,000 and 2,500 mercenaries in the country, although at least four more columns have since arrived.
This week a member of the council of commanders of the wagner groupalias “Marx”, he specified that 10,000 Wagnerites have already left or are going to Belarus.
While everyone arrives, the special operations forces of Belarusian Armed Forces are already carrying out joint training with the mercenaries of the wagner group at the military base brestskion the border with Poland.
On the 14th, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense reported that instructors of Wagner they had begun training recruits, but in a camp near the city of Osipovichi230 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
Source: Elcomercio
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