'The status of the deal between Russian President Vladimir Putin and [Yevgeny] Prigozhin is unclear,' the Washington-based think tank said.
He also suggested Wagner forces had remained at their established bases rather than traveling to Belarus. Whether these are bases in Russia, Ukraine or both has not been revealed.
This went against"the public understanding that Wagner fighters should already be signing contracts with the Russian MoD [Ministry of Defense], going home to retirement, or moving to Belarus," the Washington-based ISW think tank said on Saturday. One interview published on Friday on Telegram with a Wagner commander indicated that Wagner members"are still able to move about freely within Russia and associate with each other," the think tank said. The Wagner commander said the mercenaries were resting until early August, when they would relocate to Belarus.
Wagner recruits have not yet arrived at a designated site in Belarus, Minsk's Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Kasinsky said on Friday. Footage posted online by journalists, including theshowed a disused base in Belarus intended for Wagner mercenaries, although the recruits were yet to appear. At a disused army base in Belarus we’re shown rows and rows of freshly pitched tents. Alexander Lukashenko says Wagner mercenaries can move in here, if they want. No sign of them yet. And unclear when/if Wagner’s relocation to Belarus will happen. Producer
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