New hazards of war enclose Belarusian town with turbulent past

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A camp set up in Belarus to host Wagner mercenary forces from Russia still stands empty. Read more at straitstimes.com.

to defuse the biggest challenge to the Russian state since the failed 1991 hardline coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.

“This is a summer camp created as part of a training exercise,” said Maj-Gen Kasinsky. “No one from Wagner has yet come here to inspect the camp.” Its top nuclear researcher, Mr Hans Kristensen, said in a research note that it had yet to find visual evidence conclusively indicating the presence of an active nuclear weapons facility on the territory of Belarus.

“If you make any aggression against Belarus, the answer will be instant. The targets have been defined,” he said.

 

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