Wagnerites in Belarus recruited to Lukashenko's private military company
Members of the Wagner Group PMC in Belarus have been offered to join the GardService Private Military Company (PMC), established by Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus.
Source: Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC)
Quote: "All Wagnerites in Belarus unwilling to sign a contract with the Russian Defence Ministry and head to war in Ukraine were offered to join Lukashenko's GardService PMC.
Details: The NRC reported that the latter regularly exercises at the former Dynamo special training centre in Marjina Horka in Minsk Oblast of Belarus.
The CNS reports that GardService was founded by Lukashenko's decree in 2019 to engage them in countering the opposition in the event of an "unfavourable political scenario" for Lukashenko.
Background:
- After Yevgeny Prigozhin's death more than a half of the Wagner Group camp in the settlement of Tsel, Belarus, has been dismantled. The work is ongoing.
- On 24 August Ukrainian border guards and intelligence confirmed the outflow of Russian mercenaries from the territory of Belarus.
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