Poland and other front-line NATO nations bordering Belarus called on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday to “immediately expel” thousands of Russian Wagner Group fighters from his country, amid mounting concern that the mercenaries are seeking to trigger border violence aimed at destabilizing NATO’s eastern flank.
Poland and the Baltic states are also prepared to quickly shutter their borders with Belarus if such violence occurs, Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski told a press conference alongside his Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian counterparts in the Polish capital on Monday.
Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the two neighbors ratchet up. Those tensions between Poland — a NATO and European Union country — and Belarus, which is Russia’s ally in its war on Ukraine, have been building for months.
Before Mr. Prigozhin’s death, which U.S. intelligence agencies assess was likely carried out on Mr. Putin’s orders, Mr. Lukashenko has said he intended to embrace the mercenaries and involve them in Belarus’ own military.
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