A third group of mercenaries from Russia's private Wagner group has arrived in the eastern Mahilyou region of Belarus, the Belaruski Hajun group, which monitors military activity on Belarusian territory, said on July 17. The group added that about 20 vehicles were headed toward a field camp that Belarusian authorities had offered to the company after Wagner's short-lived armed mutiny in Russia last month. Security agencies in neighboring Lithuania and Poland said earlier that they were monitoring the movement of Wagner troops into Belarus. Stanislaw Zaryn, a spokesman for Poland's security services, said over the weekend that "several hundred" Wagner troops had entered the Mahilyou region. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, click here.
Activists Say Third Group Of Russia's Wagner Mercenaries Has Entered Belarus
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