Poland began moving over 1,000 troops to the east of the country on Saturday, the defence minister said, amid rising concern in the NATO-member that the presence of Wagner Group fighters in Belarus could lead to increased tension on its border.
  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
    5·
    1 year ago

    This also potentially brings the Wagner fighters very close to Kyiv. You have to wonder whether that’s what’s in this for Putin. Prigozhin was frustrated fighting alongside the Russian military, so this puts his forces in a place where they can independently attack from the north.