Minsk: Wagner fighters training Belarusian forces

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 16, 2023 12:15 am

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.

The short-lived rebellion was ended by a deal under which some Wagner fighters and their outspoken leader Yevgeny Prigozhin were supposed to move to Belarus.

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