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‘Massive military build-up’ spotted in Wagner camp near Ukrainian border
The Wagner Group has reportedly been spotted gathering military resources in a camp in Belarus, near the Ukrainian border.
Satellite imagery appears to show military hardware being gathered at the site in the town of Osipovichi.
The images show the town both when it was nearly empty and before Wagner began setting up operations there.
A more recent photo shows a number of structures at the camp.
Ukrainian news outlet shared the satellite images from Maxar Technologies on Twitter, showing the latest efforts by the Wagner Group to rebuild its strength after its failed uprising last month.
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On June 23, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed Russia’s military had killed about 30 of his troops in a missile strike.
His men marched on Moscow in a soon abandoned rebellion, taking control of Rostov-on-Don and the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city.
But the mutiny ended just the day after it began after peace was brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, with the agreement that Kremlin charges filed against Prigozhin would be dropped if he agreed to go into exile in Belarus.
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According to Belarusian monitoring group Belaruski Hajun, a large Wagner convoy crossed into the country from Russia, with at least 60 vehicles coming in accompanied by police.
The group claimed the Wagner convoy headed to Osipovichi, roughly 142 miles from the border with Ukraine.
The Euromaiden Press claims over “100 units of military equipment have already arrived at the camp near Osipovichi”.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Center for National Resistance claimed about 240 Wagner fighters and “a large amount of weapons” had arrived in Osipovichi.
It is not know where Prigozhin currently is after his mutiny, although Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claims Russia is not concerned about his location.
However, Russian military bloggers have been circulating a picture on social media that shows Prigozhin sitting inside a tent in his underwear, indicating at the very least that he could still be alive.
The image has led to speculation that the war boss, previously Putin’s chef, is either on the way to or already at a Belarusian military camp.
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