Wagner troops in Belarus could be ‘threat’ to region, says Poland’s Duda on Ukraine visit

could pose a potential “threat” to the countries of the region, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday, during a visit to Ukraine.

“It is difficult for us to exclude today that the presence of the Wagner Group in Belarus could pose a potential threat to Poland, which shares a border with Belarus, a threat to Lithuania... as well as potentially to Latvia,” Mr Duda told reporters in Kyiv.Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered that Wagner lose its heavy weaponry, and that its fighters either join the regular armed forces or accept exile in Belarus.

“Is it a form of potential threat precisely towards our countries, towards Nato countries, towards Poland?“ Mr Duda added, speaking next to his Lithuanian and Ukrainian counterparts.from the move to Belarus of Mr Prigozhin and, likely, some of his forces.On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Nato had to send “a very direct” message in defence of the alliance.

“If the alliance is powerful... then Nato must unanimously tell the Polish and Lithuanian societies that if one foot of one Wagner fighter is on the independent territory of Lithuania or Poland, then all Wagner fighters will be destroyed,” Mr Zelensky said. “And the Vilnius summit is a great platform to make such a very direct message,” Mr Zelensky added, referring to the Nato summit to be held in Lithuania on July 11-12. AFP

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