Poland says Wagner fighters destabilizing NATO's eastern flank

Wagner soldiers have begun training the Belarusian military, prompting Poland to deploy more than 1,000 troops near the border. On Tuesday, it accused Belarus of violating its airspace with military helicopters.

“We need to be aware that the number of provocations will increase,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said after a meeting with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausea in eastern Poland. “The Wagner group is extremely dangerous and they are moving to the eastern flank to destabilize it.”

The politicians met in the Suwalki Gap, a sparsely populated but strategically located area of ​​Polish territory between Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

Mr. Nausea said the number of Wagner fighters in Belarus could be up to 4,000.

“We are talking not only about measures at the national level but also about what NATO will do if this situation becomes more complicated, including closing the border with Belarus,” Nauseda said.

“This should be done in a coordinated manner between Poland, Lithuania and Latvia,” he added.

Hoang Nam (according to Reuters)