Russia’s Wagner fighters expand presence along Polish-Belarusian border
Tensions keep rising in Poland and the Baltic states as the combined forces of the Belarusian army and Russia’s notorious Wagner Group of mercenaries seem to be expanding their presence along Belarus’ border with the European Union.
Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda said on Monday that the presence of the Wagner Group fighters near his country’s border represented “a serious threat.” He added that the Lithuanian army would support the border guards if necessary.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday that more than 100 Wagner fighters had moved near the Belarusian city of Grodno, close to the Suwałki Corridor area on the Polish-Lithuanian border, which separates the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea from Belarus.
Radio Poland’s Marcin Matuszewski has this report.
