MOSCOW: Fighters from Russia‘s Wagner mercenary group training soldiers BelarusThe Ministry of Defense of Belarus said on Friday.
The ministry released a demonstration video Wagner fighters advising the Belarusian army on a military base near the town of Osipovichi, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of the capital Minsk.
“Wagner soldiers acted as advisers in several military units,” the Belarusian defense ministry said.
The leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko supported the coalition to put down the brief rebellion of Wagner on June 23-24, when the group overran the southern Russian city of Rostov and marched on Moscow, shooting down several military planes and killing their pilots. .
Under the terms of the agreement, Wagner’s commander Yevgeny Prigozhin suspended his mercenaries and agreed to move to Belarus in exchange for Russia dropping the opposition charges.
Prigozhin has not been seen in public since he left Rostov on June 24.
The ministry released a demonstration video Wagner fighters advising the Belarusian army on a military base near the town of Osipovichi, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of the capital Minsk.
“Wagner soldiers acted as advisers in several military units,” the Belarusian defense ministry said.
The leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko supported the coalition to put down the brief rebellion of Wagner on June 23-24, when the group overran the southern Russian city of Rostov and marched on Moscow, shooting down several military planes and killing their pilots. .
Under the terms of the agreement, Wagner’s commander Yevgeny Prigozhin suspended his mercenaries and agreed to move to Belarus in exchange for Russia dropping the opposition charges.
Prigozhin has not been seen in public since he left Rostov on June 24.