The camp of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner” in Osipovichi district of Mogilev region of Belarus continues to expand. The process of training of the Belarusian territorial defence and special operations forces (SDF) is intensifying. This raises alarm and interest of the public and international communities, as such an increase of armed forces in the region can have serious consequences.
According to the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Defence, the Armed Forces of Belarus continue joint training with the fighters of PMC “Wagner.
“During the week, units of special operations forces together with representatives of the company will work out training and combat tasks at the training ground “Brestsky,” reads the message of the Belarusian Ministry.
The Authority and the PMC management have developed a plan of cooperation for the future, which will involve the transfer of experience between different units of the armed forces.
Poland has reacted to the presence of PMC “Wagner” at its borders, stating that it’s moving additional units with armoured vehicles to the border with Belarus. This was reported to the RAR agency by the Secretary of the Security Committee of the Polish Government Zbigniew Hoffman.
“The committee has analysed possible threats, such as the deployment of Wagner Group units. Therefore, the minister of national defence and chairman of the government’s security committee, Mariusz Blaszczak, decided to move our military formations from the west to the east of Poland,” the official specified.
Official Kiev considered the presence of PMC “Wagner” on the territory of Belarus a threat. Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Alexei Danilov said that Kiev was closely monitoring the situation in the republic. The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzhniy, admitted in an interview with the US newspaper The Washington Post that Wagner was one of his fears.
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