NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the alliance is prepared to defend itself from any threat posed by Wagner fighters who go to Belarus.
After Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived uprising, Wagner members have the option of signing contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry, traveling to Belarus, or going home. President Alexander Lukashenko has denied rumors that bases are being constructed for Wagner in Belarus but did say he’s willing to “accommodate” the fighters.
At this point, it’s unclear how many Wagner fighters will choose to go to Belarus, where Prigozhin is now living in exile. Poland has estimated that about 8,000 Wagner members will end up in Belarus and said it will beef up security on its border.
Polish President Andrzej Duda wants NATO to discuss the issue at the upcoming summit in Vilnius, which will be held from July 11-12. “This is really serious and very concerning, and we have to make very strong decisions. It requires a very, very tough answer of NATO,” Duda said.
Stoltenberg said it’s too early to tell what Wagner’s presence in Belarus will mean for the alliance but vowed NATO will defend “every inch” of its territory from threats in “Moscow or Minsk.”
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, NATO has increased its presence in member states that border Russia and Ukraine. “We have already increased our military presence in the eastern part of the alliance, and we will make further decisions to further strengthen our collective defense with more high-readiness forces and more capabilities at the upcoming summit,” Stoltenberg said.
Belarus is close to Kiev, so maybe something else might happen? Who knows?
I, for one, am not at all buying this Prigozhin act. I believe something else is afoot. There is a lot more to the recent events that transpired. 3-4 NATO trained and armed mobilizations of the Ukrainian armed forces has been pulverized and yet 8-10k PMCs were a threat to the Kremlin? Who is cooking up this broth? I am almost 90% sure even the West doesn’t know wtf is going on. They are reacting as the one trick pony that they are which is dependably predictable and as such extremely easty to pull a fast one on them. As usual time lays out the truth eventually.
Your right. Nobody really knows what’s really happening, and that’s what happens in war, especially when Wash. and it’s collective psychosis sticks its nose in the business of other sovereign states.
What has happened is Russia and the Wagner Group pulled a fast on on the West. Wagner Group fighters are now less than 110kn from Kiev, and, are withing reach of the line between Donbas and the Kiev forces. Russia has the prospect of forcing the West to fight a two front war (perhaps three), being out flanked. Again. I have been saying quite often that there was no “mutiny”.
Correct. Ukraine now has to keep an eye on the north side. Im thinking Wagner will regroup and add additional 25 -50 thousand new recruits both as defensive and offensive force when Putin gives the green light.
The mere presence of Wagner in that area has NATO worried enough to thump its chest. Rightly so, I might add. The flow of arms and “volunteers” through that area of Ukraine could be disrupted.
U.S. and the gang couldn’t handle the Taliban. I think Wagner group will be just fine.
Soviets couldn’t handle the Taliban either. nobody handles the Taliban.
and that is unfortunate for the women of Afghanistan.
LOL. Spy, you kill me, but I’m truly glad I’m not an Afghani woman. (Sarcasm Alert, I swear)
Without US ground to air missiles the Mujahideen would have been wiped out , and could it be if the Russians had been left to it 9/11 may never have taken place ? , because once the Russians left the Mujahideen split into two groups , Al Qaeda , Osama Bin Laden , and the Taliban .
i’m certain that 9/11 would have taken place despite the Taliban.
and the official 9/11 story was that 19 Saudis were the high-jackers, not the Taliban.
Did they ever find the plane that hit the Pentagon yet?
they took a photo of a shard of plane body lying on the pristine pentagon lawn which totally proved that a 757 bounced off of the lawn and then disappeared, including the 45 ft tail-fin inside the pentagon
It was a missle
Yeah, and even an Army officer saw it hit the Pentagon.
Plus, they trotted off with a lot of American fire power, money, to become Al-Queda.
But U.S. all mighty and can do no wrong.
Stay on topic. This wasn’t about the “Soviets”.
Plus, they didn’t want to. That trough lasted 20 years.
Like Vietnam, that war was also all about war industry profits coming back as campaign funding. Winning would lose money.
“… Belarus, where Prigozhin is now living in exile..”
really he’s allegedly been there for what, about 30 hours now?
“Members Will Be Defended From Wagner Fighters in Belarus” and in another article linked on Antiwar, “US Approves $15 Billion Arms Sale to Poland” for Patriot missiles. Really? That’s the Polish plan? The Polish managed to exceed my wildest expectations. They didn’t think it was important to google search for a video clip documenting exactly how effective our Patriot system was in Kiev on May 16? If they have any money left, I have plenty of bridges to sell them in Ukraine. (Real bad sarcasm alert)
War is politics with violence and the outcome of any war is political. Except if you are US Empire. War is politics as a means and the ends are usually a foot into region in play and plunder. Thatsy why they rush to war despite, politically, losing every one of them but hey as long aa the elites get to set up camp and have their corporations grabbing up strategic assets, then its a win for the shadowy cabal running things, the rest is theatrics and drama. That’s the reason for such warnings. They have to look like they are actively engaged in as if with actual stakes involved. Unfortunately for the West, this time around they haven’t secured jack shit, no black soil, no nuclear plants, no salt mines, nada. All they have left right now is theatrics and wishful thinking because militarily they will NEVER defeat Russia. Their news cycles display their desperate contempt and exposes their exasperation of running out of options. They have never faced a peer military adversary on the battlefield (still haven’t Ukrainians dying), and all their “planning and coordination” just prove how out of depth and overwhelmed they are. But not on TV.
Of course NATO will defend if attacked; that’s a given. So making the point is nothing more than wagging your finger at someone warning them not to do something they weren’t going to do in the first place. It should be absolutely clear to NATO that it is in no danger of attack- unless they involve themselves in the Ukraine- and it should be obvious that all the NATO build up and bluster is no more than theatrics for the media.
Your forgetting one thing once the bombs start falling on NATO cities the Europeans will end it , they have had two wars fought on their home lands they will not stand for a THIRD .
Bet Wash. is hoping that happens, another excuse to start WWIII.
When the shit hits the fan NATO will be running for the hills , Afghanistan showed just how weak the so called NATO alliance is , it also showed that without the Americans leading the charge no one is interested , it`s the classic school yard bully and his minions .
How would Wash. be able to send troops and munitions to E. Europe with Russian subs and missiles? That’s a long haul across the Atlantic, isn’t it? The madness increases every day.
Has Russia completed its installation of nuclear weapons in Belarus?
Children with toys that they should not have .