Lukashenko Welcomes Wagner to Belarus and Abandoned Base, Says He Told Putin Not to Kill Prigozhin, Affirms Nuclear Capabilities
Over the course of this evening in Minsk local time, Belarusian dictator and illegitimately elected President Alexander Lukashenko made a number of notable comments about Wagner PMC group and about their involvement in an armed uprising led by Wagner leader and old Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin. First, he announced an abandoned military base, likely from the Soviet era, had been offered to Wagner mercenaries, saying, "There is a fence; everything is available; erect your tents." Prigozhin arrived also today in Belarus after his coup was apparently negotiated to a peaceful agreement, mediated by Lukashenko, to bring an amicable situation between Wagner mercenaries and Russian forces. Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania have all warned of the danger that could arrive with more Wagner mercenaries entering the region and now neighboring their borders.