Wagner mercenaries in Belarus ‘move closer to the Polish border’

Belarusian soldiers and mercenary fighters from Wagner attend week-long manoeuvres near the border city of Brest, Belarus (Belarus’s defence ministry/AP)

More than 100 mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved close to the border with Poland, the Polish prime minister has said.

The mercenaries have moved close to the Suwalki Gap, a strategic stretch of Polish territory situated between Belarus and Kaliningrad, a Russian territory separated from the mainland, Mateusz Morawiecki said at a press conference on Saturday.