Monitoring group: Wagner’s 14th convoy arrives in Belarus.

The 14th convoy of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group arrived[1] in Belarus on Aug.

1, according to the monitoring group Belarusian Hajun.     The convoy was seen moving along the M5 highway from the town of Osipovichi towards a camp located in the village of Tsel. This convoy comprises approximately 15 vehicles, mainly trucks transporting large iron containers resembling sea containers, which have seemingly been modified for undisclosed purposes, according to the report.

All vehicle numbers have been either removed or covered. On Aug.

1, Belarusian Hajun reported[2] that the Wagner mercenary group has been utilizing military warehouses at a Belarusian military camp. According to the monitoring group, the warehouses in Paplavy, a village situated about a 30-minute drive from the Wagner camp at Tsel, are believed to have been put into use by the group around July 18.

On July 14, Belarusian state media reported[3] that Wagner mercenaries were in the country to train Belarusian territorial defense forces. They may be supplanting the Russian military as the Belarusian military's key training partner, the Institute for the Study of War said in their Aug.

1 report[4]. Since July, the anti-government monitoring group has been tracking[5] Wagner convoys as they cross into Belarus and verifying the equipment the group is bringing with them.  

The Ukrainian authorities reported[6] that as of July 22, about 5,000 Wagner mercenaries were in Belarus, but the border is secure and is being monitored for additional risks. Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko allegedly helped broker a deal[7] for Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops to relocate to Belarus after their armed "rebellion[8]" in late June stopped short of reaching Moscow.

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[9] Sofiya Tryzub-Cook

Sofiya Tryzub-Cook is an intern at the Kyiv Independent. She is also currently a Regional Editor for Eastern Europe at the European Correspondent. Prior to this role, she worked as an interviewer for Room for Discussion, conducting interviews with various economists, politicians, and scholars.

Sofiya holds a BSc in Politics, Psychology, Law, and Economics from the University of Amsterdam.

References

  1. ^ arrived (t.me)
  2. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
  3. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
  4. ^ report (www.understandingwar.org)
  5. ^ tracking (kyivindependent.com)
  6. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
  7. ^ broker a deal (kyivindependent.com)
  8. ^ armed "rebellion (kyivindependent.com)
  9. ^ Endless Russian assaults near Kreminna test Ukraine's defensesEditor's note: The Kyiv Independent is not disclosing the full names or deployed positions of the Ukrainian soldiers interviewed in the story due to security concerns amid the ongoing war.

    Donetsk Oblast - The narrow, partly destroyed road through the Serebrianskyi Forest in the northern part of Do... (kyivindependent.com)

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