MOSCOW: Belarus said on Friday that instructors from the Russian mercenary force Wagner were training its troops, following weeks of uncertainty about the future of the group after its failed mutiny in Russia.
WITH OPEN ARMS Maj. Gen. Leonid Kosinsky of Belarus’ Defense Ministry speaks to journalists in the Belarusian army camp near Tsel village, about 90 kilometers (about 55 miles) southeast of the capital Minsk on July 7, 2023. AP PHOTO