Wagner was offered safe haven in Belarus after its uprising in Russia, and could help its army with “tactics and weapons,” Belarus’ president said.
The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, wants commanders from the Wagner mercenary group to share their experience with his military, after Russia said they could go to the country following their brief uprising against the Kremlin over the weekend.
Belarusian state news agency Belta reported that Lukashenko met with his defense minister, Viktor Khrenin, and told him that Wagner commanders can “help us” by sharing their experiences of fighting in the front line in Ukraine.
“Now there is a lot of talk and chatter: ‘Wagner, Wagner, Wagner’. People do not understand that we also approach this pragmatically,” he said, according to a translation by Ukrainian news outlet Pravda.
He said that Wagner commanders can “come to us and help us” by sharing their experience in Ukraine.
“They will tell us what is important now,” he said, pointing to areas like drone warfare.
“They will tell us about the weapons: which worked well, and which did not,” he said. “Tactics, and weapons, and how to attack, how to defend. It is priceless. This is what we need to take from the Wagner fighters.
