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Susie Beever

Russia on alert as '8,000 Wagner rebels' assemble close to base with nuclear weapons

The Government is keeping a "very, very close eye" on the Wagner Group as rebel troops assemble in Belarus, the Foreign Minister has said.

James Cleverly has said the rebels' movements were being closely monitored on Monday as heavily-armed mercenaries joining chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in Belarus are set to be based near military bases containing nuclear weapons.

According to Tory MP Bob Seely, a former Army member, the bases in Asipovichy, a small town in Russian ally Belarus, are home to the weapons.

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