In December 2023, Wagner Group fighters continued to train special forces and military personnel in the Republic of Belarus. The russian federation is increasing its military presence on the territory of the country.
This follows from a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The independent Belarusian monitoring group Hajun Project reported on January 1 that an unspecified number of Wagner employees trained the personnel of the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Tornado, Storm, and Typhoon, as well as the personnel of the Belarusian 51st Artillery Brigade.
The staff of Wagner also teaches cadets on one-month and three-week courses at the Faculty of Internal Troops of the Belarusian Military Academy. Satellite images show that in November and December 2023, the number of military equipment at the Wagner camp in the cities of Tsel and Osypovych, Mogilev Region, decreased by 30 percent. The Hajun group suggests that the Wagner forces could have taken the equipment to russia or transferred it to the regular Armed Forces of the russian federation.
In addition, it is reported that in December 2023, russia delivered about five million rounds of ammunition to Belarus. The Belarusian Railways Association said on January 8 that the ammunition train left Barnaul, Altai Republic, on December 10 and reached its destination in the city of Golynets, Mogilev Region, on December 22.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, meanwhile, in September, law enforcement agencies in Cuba (Latin America) detained members of a criminal group that helped recruit Cubans to the russian army to participate in the war against Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the russian occupiers are preparing an expedition to Africa to find mercenaries to join the war against Ukraine.
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