The battle hardened Wagner mercenary fighters drawing their experience gained on field in the ongoing Russian Special Military operation in Ukraine have begun passing on their expertise to Belarus military.
Minsk said Friday that Wagner mercenaries were acting as military instructors for Belarusian territorial defense forces, three weeks after the group’s aborted mutiny in Russia.
“As of now, available information shows that separate groups of representatives from private military companies [Wagner] have begun to be observed in Belarus moving from the territory of Russia,” said Andriy Demchenko, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service spokesman.
The Ukrainian border service said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app Sunday that it was working to determine the Wagner fighters’ location and their numbers.
Meanwhile, Poland’s Deputy Minister Coordinator of Special Services, Stanislaw Zaryn, estimated the number of Wagner mercenaries in Belarus at “several hundred.”
