’Negative signals’! East Europe NATO allies worry about Wagner, Prigozhin’s move to Belarus

Belarusian President Lukashenko confirmed on Tuesday the arrival of the head of Wagner Group in his country. Prigozhin’s whereabouts had been a mystery since he was filmed driving off in southern Russia on Saturday night. His private jet was tracked flying into the Belarus capital Minsk on Tuesday. Lukashenko said his country would help the Wagner leader and some of his troops at their own expense. According to Lukashenko, he offered them an abandoned military base where they can erect their tents. Under the deal that brought an end to the mutiny, Prigozhin has been promised security and the Russian criminal case against Wagner has been dropped. Moscow is preparing to transfer the mercenaries’ heavy weapons into regular military and the fighters have been told they can either sign regular army contracts, go home or head to Belarus. On Tuesday, Polish President Duda said the movement of Wagner Group to Belarus is a negative signal for Poland. Duda made this remark before he headed for talks with other NATO leaders. The leaders agreed that the allies should continue to bolster their forces along NATO’s eastern flank. NATO’s chief Stoltenberg added the alliance may decide to further boost its strength to face Russia and its ally Belarus when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius on July 11-12. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!