Movement of Wagner units to Belarus currently not recorded – Nayev

Movement of Wagner units to Belarus currently not recorded – Nayev

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As of today, the movement of Wagner mercenary units to Belarus has not been recorded.

Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev, the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this in a comment to Ukrinform.

"As of today, not a single unit of the Wagner PMC has been recorded on the territory of Belarus. Nevertheless, we are aware of the further development of the situation, and our intelligence agencies are working to obtain information about it. If this happens, the military command will know about it,” said Nayev.

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He added that in case of deployment of Wagner units in Belarus, several action scenarios are being considered.

"In each of them, the Armed Forces will take adequate countermeasures. Forces are currently being trained to counter possible manifestations," said Nayev.

He also noted that Ukrainian intelligence and Ukraine's partners are closely monitoring the situation in Belarus, in particular, regarding the transfer of nuclear weapons, as stated in Russia. So far, according to him, such movements have not been recorded.

As reported by Ukrinform, the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev inspected the training of the military and territorial defense units in Kyiv region on the detection and neutralization of an enemy object in the water area of the Kyiv Reservoir and the landing of infantry to eliminate the enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group.

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