{"id":47665,"date":"2023-07-18T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/up-to-700-wagner-group-fighters-arrive-in-belarus-ukrainian-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"up-to-700-wagner-group-fighters-arrive-in-belarus-ukrainian-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47665\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to 700 Wagner Group fighters arrive in Belarus \u2013 Ukrainian intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>July 18, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> A spokesman for the Ukrainian defense ministry&#8217;s intelligence department has said that 500 to 700 fighters from Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group arrived in Belarus as of last night to train Belarusian and Russian soldiers and &#8220;irritate&#8221; Poland and other NATO countries.<\/p>\n<p> They pose no immediate threat to Ukraine since they have arrived without heavy weapons, Andrii Yusov said, as quoted by <span>RBK-Ukraina<\/span>. &#8220;But that is a significant number of people with combat experience. We are monitoring the situation, and it does not change the security environment,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p> The Kremlin-linked private military contractor announced its relocation to Belarus in early July after a feud with the Russian defense ministry and a failed mutiny. Wagner Group members are training Belarusian territorial troops near Asipovi\u010dy, Mahilo\u016d region, sharing their combat experience, the Belarusian defense ministry said last week.<\/p>\n<p> On July 15, the National Resistance Center of Ukraine quoted Belarusian underground activists as saying that some 240 Wagner Group fighters, 40 trucks and large quantities of weapons were deployed near Asipovi\u010dy. On the same day, a Belarusian defense monitoring project, <span>Bie\u0142aruski Hajun<\/span>, reported that at least 60 Wagner Group vehicles entered the country near Kry\u010da\u016d, Mahilo\u016d region.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Belarusian Telegram channels published a video of a convoy moving toward Asipovi\u010dy. It consisted of at least 20 vehicles \u2013 buses, trucks, cars and construction machinery under the flags of Russia and the Wagner Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 18, BPN. A spokesman for the Ukrainian defense ministry&#8217;s intelligence department has said that 500 to 700 fighters from Russia&#8217;s Wagner Group arrived in Belarus as of last night to train Belarusian and Russian soldiers and &#8220;irritate&#8221; Poland and other NATO countries. 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