Since the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the number of mercenaries staying in Belarus has probably declined sharply.
The Lithuanian Minister of Defense Arvydas Anusauskas according to n-tv.de to the New Voice of Ukraine. He said that the number of mercenaries is “dynamically decreasing.” Moreover, he reported, the situation is completely different from what it was three weeks ago. “I can only report from public sources that there is a dynamic decrease,” Anušauskas said in reference to the Wagner fighters. “They are splitting up, moving to other areas, some are ‘vacationing’ in Russia,” the Lithuanian defense minister said, or they are being recruited by other military companies.
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South Africa has denied accusations that the country is supplying arms to Russia. An investigation report said the Russian freighter in question, “Lady R,” had been loading delayed arms shipments for the South African army for years, the reported n-tv.de. After questions were raised about the ship, President Cyril Ramaphose announced an investigation into the events. The ship had docked at the Simon’s Town naval base near Cape Town last December – and turned off its transponder. The accusation on the part of the U.S. Embassy in South Africa was that the country had supplied weapons and ammunition for the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
Image: UlPravda TV, Yevgeny Prigozhin (13-06-2023), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (image size changed)
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