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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Wagner mercenaries in Belarus move closer to the Polish border, Poland's prime minister says

Belarus' Defense Ministry

Over 100 mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved close to the border with Poland, the Polish prime minister said Saturday.

Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference that the mercenaries had moved close to the Suwalki Gap, a strategic stretch of Polish territory situated between Belarus and Kaliningrad, a Russian territory separated from the mainland.

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