Wagner troops are still in Ukraine – Pentagon

Mercenary troops from the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) are still on Ukrainian territory.

Source: CNN, with reference to a statement by Patrick Ryder, Spokesperson for the US Department of Defense, at a press briefing

Quote: "But in terms of their specific disposition and whether they may or may not move be moving, I'm not going to speculate on that."

Details: Ryder added that the US has not made any changes to the deployment of US troops following the events in Russia.

Quote: "[W]e've not seen anything that would, from our perspective, require us to make any type of forced posture adjustments."

Background: 

• Earlier, Prigozhin announced that his mercenaries were turning their convoys around and going back to set up field camps after the rebellion attempt. 
• Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Wagner fighters will be able to sign a contract with the Russian Defence Ministry, resign or "go to Belarus".
• Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, claims that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), is in Belarus.

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