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Clash occurs between Wagnerites and border guards in Belarus – National Resistance Center

Thursday, 20 July 2023, 12:27
Clash occurs between Wagnerites and border guards in Belarus – National Resistance Center
WAGNERITE. PHOTO BY KREMLIN-ALIGNED NEWS AGENCY RIA NOVOSTI

A clash between the Wagnerites and Belarusian border guards has occurred in Belarus, and the latter have retreated.

Source: press service of the Ukrainian National Resistance Center (NRC)

Quote: "The local resistance reports that arrangements have begun to be made in the area of [the settlement of] Naroulia, Gomel Oblast [of Belarus] for the deployment of Wagner [Private Military Company (PMC)] forward groups.

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Terrorists conducted reconnaissance near the village of Dyatlik, near the border with Ukraine, on 19 July. A clash between the mercenaries and Belarusian border guards took place during these actions."

Details: The NRC reports that the border guards retreated and "did not interfere with the work of the Wagnerites".

Background: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner PMC, allegedly spoke to the mercenaries who came to Belarus and said they would be training the Belarusian army.

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On 19 July, information emerged regarding the 9th column of mercenaries moving along the M5 motorway from the city of Babruysk towards the city of Asipovichy.

There are about half a thousand units of wheeled transport equipment near the Wagner PMC tent city in Belarus.

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