{"id":66421,"date":"2024-02-12T11:43:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T08:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&p=66421"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"wagner-group-instructors-train-1600-soldiers-internal-troops-chief","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/66421\/","title":{"rendered":"Wagner Group instructors trained 1,600 soldiers \u2013 internal troops’ chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Karpianko\u016d at a ceremony concluding a training course involving Wagner mercenaries\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Internal troops' Telegram channel)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

February 12, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> In the past seven months, Russian Wagner Group instructors have trained 1,600 internal troops, Mika\u0142aj Karpianko\u016d, deputy interior minister and internal troops commander, told STV<\/em> in an interview broadcast on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The instructors are ready to assist Belarusian police maintain law and order during the parliamentary and local elections, scheduled for February 25, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are preparing for possible provocations,” he said, stressing that the interior ministry and internal troops would not be taken by surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 9, the internal troops’ Telegram channel reported on the completion of the sixth tactical and special training course taught by Wagner Group instructors with combat experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wagner mercenaries have reportedly been training Belarusian troops since the summer of 2023 when the government allowed them to set up a camp in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\n Belarusian internal troop Wagner-interior ministry shoulder chevron\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Internal troops' Telegram channel)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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