One diplomat told Newsweek they are 'watching and assessing' Wagner arrivals in Belarus, ready to retaliate with sanctions if their presence is confirmed.
has reached out to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry by email for comment on the status of Wagner forces inside the country.
Alliance leaders are keenly aware of the danger of conventional or covert attacks by Wagner forces in Belarus. Eastern European allies well remember the 2021-2022 border crisis when Lukashenko's government weaponized migration against the, encouraging and at times even driving desperate migrants across Belarus' shared borders with Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia in retaliation against sanctions.
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