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Wagner Fighters Are Training Troops on the Border With Poland, Belarus Says
The Belarusian Defense Ministry said the country’s special operations units were jointly training with Wagner at a military range near the city of Brest.
Wagner Convoy Arrives at Camp in Belarus
The troop movements are the private company’s biggest — and most public — showing since its failed rebellion in Russia last month.
Wagner Fighters Are Training Forces in Belarus, Defense Ministry Says
Television news footage of a training exercise involving the Russian mercenaries offered a rare, if vague, glimpse of the group after its failed mutiny last month.
No Wagner Group Here: Riddles Grow as Belarus Displays an Empty Base
Two weeks after the Wagner mercenary group’s rebellion against Russian military leadership, its fate is as murky as ever — as is the purpose of a newly revived military base in Belarus.
Lukashenko Says Prigozhin Is in Russia, as Wagner Mystery Deepens
After the mercenary boss staged a brief insurrection in Russia, the leader of Belarus said his country had taken him in, but now says the Wagner leader was in St. Petersburg and then “maybe he went to Moscow.”
Who Is Aleksandr Lukashenko?
The brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary force last month has given Belarus’s autocratic leader Aleksandr G. Lukashenko an opening to upend his subservient relationship with Moscow.
Who Is Aleksandr Lukashenko?
The brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary force last month has given Belarus’s autocratic leader Aleksandr G. Lukashenko an opening to upend his subservient relationship with Moscow.
Prigozhin’s Public Support Remains Significant After Rebellion, Polls Show
Experts are divided over the accuracy of polling in Russia, but polling firms say well-designed surveys can still produce reliable results.
Ukraine Says It Is Ready for Arrival of Wagner Troops in Belarus
Ukrainian officials have tried to tamp down concerns while heralding their preparations, with President Volodymyr Zelensky nodding to plans for reinforcing the border.