The political leadership of the Russian Federation has decided to take most of the Wagner mercenaries from Belarus to African countries by mid-September.
According to the plan, the Wagner fighters will leave Belarus and go to Niger, Libya, Sudan, Mali, CAR and Mozambique.
A minority of fighters will remain to instruct special units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus to counter a possible rebellion against Lukashenko or sign a contract with the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation for the war against Ukraine.”
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stressed the need to explain to African states the danger posed by Russian colonialism.
On 25 August, self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko insisted that the Wagnerites will be staying in Belarus despite the death of Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.