{"id":1612,"date":"2023-08-25T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1612"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"zelensky-wagner-group-can-pose-a-threat-to-west-and-russia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1612\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky: Wagner Group can pose a threat to West and Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 25,&nbsp;<em>BPN.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;The Ukrainian president has argued that Russian mercenaries left without a leader can pose a threat to his country, Belarus, Western nations, and Russia itself, saying that the Wagner Group may still have 20,000 &#8220;uncontrolled&#8221; troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have to think here for whom it is more frightening, for Ukraine, for Belarus, for Poland, or maybe for Russia. No one knows,&#8221; Volodymyr Zelensky said in Kyiv, as quoted by&nbsp;<em>Interfax-Ukraine<\/em>&nbsp;yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 23, a business jet with three crew members and seven passengers crashed in Russia&#8217;s Tver province. One of those killed in the crash was Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, according to reports. The aircraft might have been downed by an air defense system or blown up by a bomb, analysts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prigozhin and his Wagner army entered the Belarusian politics two months ago. In late June, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka mediated an end to their march on Moscow after the mercenary leader threw down the gauntlet to Russia&#8217;s military brass. The mutineers were allowed to move to Belarus, and \u0141uka\u0161enka pledged security guarantees to Prigozhin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The oligarch later traveled to Russia on multiple occasions and continued to do business there. Several thousand of his fighters relocated to a field camp in the Mahilo\u016d region, and Belarusian defense officials have regularly reported joint training with mercenary instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that even after the crash, Russia will continue to use the mercenary army for provocation and blackmail against Western nations to destabilize their security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da said the alleged death of Prigozhin &#8220;does not change much&#8221; for his country&#8217;s security situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 25,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;The Ukrainian president has argued that Russian mercenaries left without a leader can pose a threat to his country, Belarus, Western nations, and Russia itself, saying that the Wagner Group may still have 20,000 &#8220;uncontrolled&#8221; troops. &#8220;We have to think here for whom it is more frightening, for Ukraine, for Belarus, for 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