According to US Institute
“At least 303 tents”: Wagner Group sets up camp in Belarus
This satellite image shows recently erected tents at a former military base outside the Belarusian city of Osipovichi – they may have been made by the Wagner group
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Parts of the Wagner group appear to be setting up camp in Belarus, as shown by current satellite images. President Lukashenko claims to have offered the fighters an abandoned military unit.
According to estimates by US experts, the Wagner mercenary group is building three military camps in Russia, an ally of Moscow, after their failed revolt in Russia Belarus up. “New high-resolution satellite images taken on June 30 show at least 303 tents capable of accommodating 20 to 50 people at a former military base in Belarus,” the Washington-based Institute for War Studies (ISW) wrote on Friday (local time). ) in its daily status report. The tents appeared within the last week. There are also reports of plans for two more camps in western Belarus.
Wagner camp in Belarus not yet officially confirmed
In the past week, several independent Russian and Belarusian media had already reported on the construction of at least one military camp in Belarus intended to house Wagner mercenaries. These reports have not yet been officially confirmed. The satellite images of the alleged Wagner camp near the town of Assipowitschy have meanwhile also been published by Western media such as the Washington Post.
Last Saturday, the head of the Wagner troop, Yevgeny Prigozhin, occupied the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and sent a military column towards Moscow. After negotiations, in which Belarus’ ruler Alexander Lukashenko acted as mediator, Prigozhin recalled his troops. In return, according to the Kremlin, he was granted amnesty and emigration to Belarus.