Alexander Lukashenko is believed to have kicked out members of the Wagner Group out of Belarus. The close ally of Vladimir Putin had agreed to have the mercenaries set up camp in his country after their attempted coup against the Russian leader
Wagner Group mercenaries will begin training the Belarusian military, according to the nation’s government. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced Tuesday that the volatile mercenary group will be working to instruct the nation’s army on weaponry and tactics. “They’ll tell us about weapons:
Russia’s rebellious mercenary Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the aborted uprising against military leaders or for the deaths of the soldiers
Vladimir Putin is “no hero”, arch-ally Alexander Lukashenko has said in an extraordinary swipe at the Russian leader over Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed rebellion. And a US-based expert in Russian affairs has said the Belarus President’s withering assessment was a stark indication of
Alexander Lukashenko was an unlikely winner from the fallout that occurred in Russia over the weekend. As the Wagner Group marched on Moscow, Russia’s capital, after taking the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, its chief, Yevgeny Prigohzin, unexpectedly reached an agreement to turn
NATO has been forced to take seriously the threat posed by Belarus after the country’s president invited Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, alongside his battle-hardened Wagner Group mercenaries, to reside in military spaces near the capital. Leaders of NATO countries bordering Belarus, including
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin not to “wipe out” Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin during Saturday’s short-lived rebellion, which Putin had called “treason.” Prigozhin marched an alleged 25,000 mercenaries nearly all the way to Moscow over
The President of Belarus has put his country’s army on “full combat readiness” in the wake of Wagner’s muntiny in Russia. Speaking at at a news conference about the mercenary’s 24-hour revolt in Russia, he said: “I gave all the orders to
The president of Belarus touted his country’s “combat readiness” during the short-lived revolt staged by the Wagner Group. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told state news outlet Belta that the Wagner Group mercenaries’ mutiny attempt last week threatened the national security of the
Lukashenko, who was pivotal in stopping the march of Wagner Group troops on Moscow on the weekend, delivered a long speech on Tuesday to explain his position on Russia. The political leader, often addressed as Europe’s last dictator in Western media, claimed