Media have reported that Wagner could set up a new base at a vacant military facility near the town of Asipovichi, about 90 km from the Belarusian capital, Minsk.Īfter pushing Russian forces out of northern regions last year, Ukraine took steps to tighten the defense of its border with Belarus, a close ally of Russia. Prigozhin flew from Russia into exile in Belarus on Tuesday under a deal negotiated by President Alexander Lukashenko that ended his mercenaries' mutiny in Russia on Saturday. He did not mention Wagner Group boss Prigozhin in the brief post on Telegram. "The decision.is for Commander-in-Chief (General Valeriy) Zaluzhnyi and 'North' commander (General Serhiy) Naev to implement a set of measures to strengthen this direction," Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app. He said Ukrainian intelligence and security forces had reported on the situation in Belarus, Ukraine's northern neighbor, at a meeting of top military and political leaders. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered top military commanders on Friday to strengthen Ukraine's northern military sector following the arrival of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Belarus.
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