Prigozhin reappears in Belarus and announces that Wagner will not fight in Ukraine for the moment

The leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgueni Prigozhin, has reappeared in a video this Wednesday broadcast through the mercenaries’ Telegram channel. In it, Prigozhin appears addressing his troops, welcoming them to Belarus and stating that they will not fight in Ukraine again for the time being.

The Wagner Group has broadcast the video on its Telegram channels. In it, recorded with low lighting after dark, some pixelated figures can barely be seen in the distance, assuring that the voice heard is that of Prigozhin, who would have addressed “several thousand combatants” in a speech. from the agency Reuters It has not been possible to verify that it is indeed him.

Wagner’s leader begins his speech by welcoming the troops to “Belarusian soil”, saying that they will be there “for some time”. “We will make the Belarusian army the second largest in the world. If necessary, we will fight for them,” says Prigozhin, who urges his soldiers to be kind to their hosts so that they see them “not just as heroes, but as brothers.” .

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The head of the mercenaries has assured his troops that they have made “a great job for Russia” and that what is currently happening at the front “is a misfortune in which we need not participate”. “Perhaps we will return to the special military operation (the war in Ukraine) at some point, when we are sure that we will not embarrass ourselves,” he added.

On the other hand, he invited his troops to continue training and preparing, “increasing their level” for a “new trip to Africa”.

[Lukashenko asegura que Prigozhin ya no está en Bielorrusia: se ha ido a Moscú o San Petersburgo]

According to the latest data from the Belarusian Gayun research team, they have so far moved to Belarus more than 2,500 Wagner members.

The arrival of the Russian mercenaries in the neighboring country occurs under an agreement that put an end to their armed rebellion on June 24 in Russia, with the mediation of the Belarusian president, Alexandr Lukashenko.

Under the pact, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave three exits to the militiamen from Wagner: return home, go to Belarus or sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense or other security agencies to be subordinate to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.

As part of the agreement, the Kremlin promised the mercenaries and their boss that they would not be criminally prosecuted.