Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday taunted Poland over the presence of Russian Wagner mercenaries near the NATO country's border, saying Warsaw should thank him for keeping them in check.

State news agency Belta quoted him on Tuesday as saying that the Poles “should pray that we’re holding onto (the Wagner fighters) and providing for them. Otherwise, without us, they would have seeped through and smashed up Rzeszow and Warsaw in no small way. So they shouldn’t reproach me, they should say thank you.”

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Casualties:

    United States: None 1 SDF fighter wounded

    Syrian claim: 55 killed
    U.S. claim: Approximately 100 killed
    SOHR claim: 68 killed
    Unofficial Russian claims: 80-100 killed, 200 wounded

    This was Wagner, so I don’t think this is as threatening as Luka does.