Lukashenko rules out a Wagner Group attack on Poland from Belarus

The president of belarus, Alexander Lukashenkotoday ruled out an attack by Russian mercenaries from the wagner group to Poland from Belarusian territory.

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“Being close to Osipovich (in the region of Mogilev), in the center of belarusThese guys aren’t going anywhere. They are used to following orders“, said lukashenkoquoted by the official agency BELTA.

lukashenko made these remarks during a visit to the Brest region, which borders Poland and Ukraineafter the Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawieckiwarned of the deployment of a hundred Wagnerites near the border.

“Not a detachment of Wagner with 100 men was deployed in that direction (the border with Poland). And if it was, it was only done to share its combat experience with the Belarusian brigades concentrated in Brest and grodno”he pointed.

He stressed that the Belarusian military must be educated, “since an army that does not fight is half an army”.

The Belarusian president expressed his desire to keep that unit alivesince its members are “authentic warriors who have lived through a war and lost many friends”.

“They help us totally for free, although they are mercenaries and they fought and worked everywhere for money”, he highlighted.

Recently, when meeting with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, lukashenko He admitted his concern that the Wagnerites are eager to advance on Warsaw and the airfield at rzeszow.

Morawiecki alerted that the Wagnerites are supposedly heading for the corridor of suwalkithe narrow strip of strategic land that connects belarus with the Russian Baltic enclave of kaliningrad.

Along the same lines, the presidents of Lithuania and Latvia, Gitanas Nauseda and Edgars Rinkevicsrespectively, expressed yesterday, Monday, their concern about possible “provocations” of the Russian mercenaries.

Meanwhile, the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Kirilo Budanovcommented on Monday to EFE in kyiv that there is no information that indicates that the mercenaries of the Russian group Wagner in belarus go to attack Ukraine, Poland or other border countries.

budanov He added that the priority of Russian mercenaries is on the African continent. “They are being activated to influence Africa”he explained, something that the head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhinconfirmed last week in the framework of the summit Russia-Africa.

Despite this, warned the head of the GUR“the Russians will use” the presence of mercenaries from the wagner group in Belarus “to create tension”.

Prigozhinwho led on June 23-24 in a failed armed rebellion against the Kremlinconfirmed the day before that it has stopped recruiting new combatants by not fighting anymore in Ukraine.

the research project gayun previously confirmed the presence of more than 3,500 militiamen from Wagner in belaruswhere they are instructing various detachments of the Army and the special forces of the Ministry of the Interior.

Source: Elcomercio

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