Belarus had warned Wagner Chief(Wagner Chief)

Minsk (Belarus). Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner chief who rebelled against Russian President Vladimir Putin a few days ago, has arrived in Belarus, according to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. According to the Belarusian state media, Lukashenko said in his address on Tuesday that he had warned Prigozhin (Wagner Chief) that If he continued his march on the Russian capital, his troops would be annihilated. He reportedly told Prigozhin during a conversation on Saturday that ‘halfway through you will be crushed like a worm’.

In his address, Lukashenko also revealed additional details about his discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prigozhin over the weekend, adding that his discussions with the Wagner chief lasted all day Saturday. The President of Belarus further stated that the nation is not currently building camps for Wagner’s troops on its soil, and has given the group some undeveloped territory inside Belarus if needed.

President Lukashenko has said that the Belarusian army can benefit from the combat experience of the Wagner group fighters, Lukashenko said, ‘The fighters of the Wagner group were at the forefront of the attacking troops. They will tell us what is needed now. He said that the fighters can report which weapons work well and how to attack and defend.

In fact, ‘Wagner’ chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had said that he was not trying to stage a coup, but was trying to save his private military group from destruction. He said in a statement, ‘We started our march because of an injustice.’

The tussle between the ‘Wagner’ chief and Russia’s military officials continued as the war with Ukraine escalated into an uprising over the weekend, when fighters from the group tried to seize military headquarters in a key city in southern Russia. Left for Ukraine. They started marching towards Moscow without facing any hindrance. However, their rebellion ended in less than 24 hours as part of an alleged settlement.