Poland moves troops to Belarus border as Wagner fighters fuel NATO tensions

Poland said this week it would move 10,000 troops to its border with Belarus , the latest sign of unease among America’s friends at the presence of Russian mercenary forces now based in this close Kremlin ally.

The mutiny by Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his battle-hardened fighters posed a rare challenge to President Vladimir Putin ’s authority. But the deal to end their short-lived rebellion has now also added a destabilizing element to tensions between Moscow and the West — compounded by Russia’s own plans to beef up its flank.

The mercenaries, who fought in some of the war’s […]

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