Wagner PMC may share combat experience with Belarusian Armed Forces — Lukashenko

Military & Defense July 06, 2023, 17:52

It is reported that upon agreement with the Russian leader, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held negotiations with Prigozhin, following which the Wagner private military company pulled back its military columns and returned to its field camps

MINSK, July 6. /TASS/. Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) and its commanders will be glad to share their experience, gained during Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, with the Belarusian Armed Forces, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday.

"Wagner [PMC] troops and its commanders will be glad to share their experience with our Armed Forces. I’m speaking here about the combat experience, which they have," the Belarusian leader said at a meeting with foreign and domestic media outlets attended by a TASS correspondent.

The Telegram channel of Wagner private military company founder Yevgeny Prigozhin posted several audio records with his statements on the evening of June 23, in which he claimed that strikes had allegedly been delivered against his formations and accused the country’s military leadership of that.

The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed this information as false. The units of the Wagner private military company that supported Prigozhin moved towards the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and Moscow.

In the wake of this, the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia opened a criminal case into a call for an armed mutiny. In a televised address to the nation on June 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Wagnerites’ actions a betrayal.

Later, upon agreement with the Russian leader, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held negotiations with Prigozhin, following which the Wagner private military company pulled back its military columns and returned to its field camps. The FSB press office announced on June 27 that the criminal case had been terminated.

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