Lithuanian Leader Warns of Provocations From Wagner in Belarus
- Nauseda’s comments follow Polish warning on border violations
- ‘We cannot rule out such threats,’ Lithuanian leader says
A Wagner mercenary in Rostov-on-Don, Russia in June.
Photographer: Roman Romokhov/AFP/Getty Images
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Lithuania’s president reinforced a warning about the presence of Russian mercenaries in neighboring Belarus, saying the Wagner group could conduct “various provocations” across the border.
“We cannot rule out such a threat,” President Gitanas Nauseda told journalists on Monday, according to the Baltic nation’s public broadcaster. Considering the new proximity, “it is really too tempting to be here — not far from our border — not to use their presence for various provocations.”