According to the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, Wagner director Yevgeny Prigozhin is not in Belarus, but in St. Petersburg.
of the leader of the Wagner forces Yevgeny Prigozhin his whereabouts have been speculated after the troops of the private mercenary army led by him marched towards Moscow on Midsummer. The revolt march was interrupted when Prigozhin was said to have agreed to become president Lukashenko with moving to Belarus.
The transfer of Wagner’s troops to the camps to be established in Belarus was also agreed in the same context. President Lukashenko according to which the question of the position of the troops has not been resolved.
It has been speculated that the Wagner director is sometimes on the side of Belarus, sometimes in St. Petersburg. President of Belarus Lukashenko said himself last week that Prigozhin is on the side of Belarus. Today, he told foreign journalists at a press conference that the Wagner director is in Russia.
Russian sources previously said that Prigozhin is in St. Petersburg organizing his business affairs. The information could not be confirmed.
Lukashenko said at a press conference that he suspected Ukraine was planning “something serious on the front line before the NATO summit in Vilnius next week. According to the president, this will lead to the destruction of Ukraine’s best troops and the burying of its own military power.
“Nuclear weapons defensive”
According to the news agency Itar-Tassi, the leader of Belarus offered to mediate the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia without preconditions.
President Lukashenko said that the nuclear weapons transferred by Russia to Belarus would be used only for defensive purposes. According to him, they can be used “against the hostility of the West”. According to the president, the answer is “immediate”. According to Belarusian media, the possible targets of nuclear missiles are also marked and known.
Reuters