Massive redeployment of Wagner Group to Belarus not planned, they will be deployed in Africa – Chief of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence

There are no plans for a massive redeployment of Yevgeny Prigozhin's forces to Belarus, and the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) will be gradually relocated to Africa.

Source: Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence in an interview with the War zone

Quote: "A massive redeployment of the PMC to Belarus is not planned. And [it's also] because the hub that they're creating in Belarus is for logistic purposes. Additionally, they will have some office premises and a recruiting centre. And that hub is being created for Wagner operations overseas, mostly in Africa.

Their operations overseas are continuing mostly in Africa. And what is going to happen next is that the majority of personnel which was previously engaged in fighting in Ukraine will be step-by-step moved to Africa to build up operations there."

Details: Budanov believes that Prigozhin does not create any problems for Ukraine while in Belarus.

When asked how many troops of the Wagner Group are currently in Belarus, Budanov replied: "Not many, just a few people from his forward-ranking group."

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