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1/ The Wagner Group is reported to have effectively been kicked out of Belarus, with thousands of its remaining fighters being bussed back into Russia. The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, is reported to have refused to finance Wagner's stay in his country. ⬇️ Image
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that Wagner fighters are being taken by bus from their camps in Belarus in batches of 500-600 to Voronezh, Rostov and Krasnodar in Russia. The first stage of the withdrawal has already taken place and a second will begin after 13 August. Image
3/ According to a VChK-OGPU source, Lukashenko refused to pay for Wagner's presence in Belarus and instead expected Moscow to fund it – which apparently it hasn't done. A small number of Wagnerites are expected to stay on in Belarus as military instructors.
4/ Around 500 Wagner stormtroopers who survived the battle of Bakhmut are reported to have been recruited for new work in Libya. The stormtroopers are paid 240,000 rubles ($2,471) per month plus another 190,000 rubles ($1,956) monthly to serve in Libya.
5/ The rest of the Wagnerites are officially described as being "sent on vacation", but there is said to be no talk about returning to Belarus. They have been ordered to stay in touch with Wagner in case new tasks are assigned. Wagner is also no longer recruiting new members.
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1/ Russian soldiers requesting medical treatment are being taken instead to a former Ukrainian prison in the occupied Luhansk region, where they are being imprisoned under the guise of being sent to a "rehabilitation centre". ⬇️ Image
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