2023-07-06 11:00:43
“As for Prigozhin, he is in Píter (St. Petersburg). He is not in Belarusian territory,” Lukashenko said in a meeting with foreign and Belarusian media. “If (the Russian government and the Wagner group) consider it necessary to deploy a certain number of Wagner fighters to Belarus for rest or training… then I will implement my decision” to host them, he added. “I don’t think Wagner will rise up and turn his weapons against the Belarusian state,” he also assured. Alexander Lukashenko.
Agreement after the riot
Wagner’s rebellion on June 24 rocked the Russian authorities into conflict in the Ukraine. For several hours, Wagner’s fighters occupied a Russian Army barracks in Rostov-on-Don (southwest) and traveled several hundred kilometers in the direction of Moscow.
The riot ended on the night of June 24 with an agreement for Prigozhin supposedly left for Belarus, but since then his exact whereabouts have been unknown. He has not spoken publicly since June 26.
Yevgeny Prigozhin He has insisted that his uprising was not aimed at overthrowing the government, but rather to save Wagner from being dismantled by the Russian General Staff, which he accuses of incompetence in the Ukraine conflict.
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