'Wagner troops asked permission to visit Poland...': What Belarus' Lukashenko said during meet with Vladimir Putin
livemint.comRussian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart met in St. Petersburg on Sunday - nearly after a month after the Wagner mutiny rocked Moscow. According to Alexander Lukashenko, Wagner militia fighters are now assembling en masse in Belarus and had recently asked him “for permission to go on a trip to Warsaw".
“They are asking to go West, ask me for permission... to go on a trip to Warsaw, to Rzeszow. But of course, I am keeping them in central Belarus, like we agreed.
We are controlling what is happening (with Wagner). They are in a bad mood," Lukashenko said as Putin smiled during their interaction. Both leaders have accused Poland of Warsaw of having territorial ambitions on Ukraine and Belarus. Putin on Friday claimed that Polish authorities were considering seizing parts of western Ukraine, prompting the other country to summon Russia’s ambassador.
Lukashenko similarly referenced “the dismemberment of Ukraine and the transfer of lands to Poland" on Sunday. The comments were the latest provocative remarks by Russia and its ally about the NATO member which recently reinforced its border with additional troops. (
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