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Wagner fighters start training soldiers in Belarus

Russian paramilitaries comply with terms of truce that ended their insurrection, according to Belarusian officials

Russian paramilitary group Wagner has arrived in Belarus and its fighters have started working as army instructors, according to the Belarusian defence ministry.

The fighters — whose relocation to Belarus was part of a deal to end an armed uprising led by their boss Yevgeny Prigozhin — are now training Belarusian territorial defence units, the ministry said on Friday.

“This [Wagner] experience is very useful for us,” a Belarusian said in a video posted by the defence ministry, which also claimed that Wagner would help secure key infrastructure such as factories and waterways.

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