Belarusian President Mocks Poland for Wagner Fighters: Poles Should Thank Us for Stopping Them

 

   President of Belarus: Poles should thank God that we include and nurture Wagner combatants ... Otherwise, if now not for us, they might have poured into Rzeszow and Warsaw and in large part destroyed them

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has all over again used the presence of Russia's non-public army organization Wagner close to the borders of NATO member Poland as fabric for ridicule and stated Warsaw ought to thank him for preventing and controlling them.

An unknown wide variety of fighters from Wagner, which launched a short-lived insurgency in Russia in June, moved to Belarus and started educating its navy, prompting Poland to transport greater than 1,000 troops near the border.

Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, joked for the duration of their meeting ultimate month that some warring parties wanted to move directly to Poland and "cross on a trip to Warsaw and Rzeszow".

Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, joked at some stage in their assembly closing month that some fighters wanted to move directly to Poland and "cross on an experience to Warsaw and Rzeszow".

Lukashenko changed quoted as saying on Tuesday using the Belta news employer that the Poles "have to thank God that we embrace (the Wagner warring parties) and take care of them. Otherwise, without us, they could have poured into Rzeszow and Warsaw and destroyed them to a massive extent. So that they ought to no longer offend me, they need to say thank you."

Rzeszow is a town in southwestern Poland, near the border with Ukraine.