2023-07-17 13:33:00
| Wagner member’s uniform badge. Photo: Kyiv Post. |
According to Arab News, the politically troubled Central African Republic, where PMC Wagner has helped the government fight the rebels, will vote on a constitutional change that might allow President Faustin Archange Touadera to seek office. third period.
Arab News quoted a source from a private Russian military company as saying, hundreds of Wagner warrior “experienced” traveled to the Central African Republic (CAR) to secure a referendum on the aforementioned constitutional amendment on July 30.
“Another plane has arrived in Bangui with instructors [lực lượng Wagner] to work in the Central African Republic,” a private company called the Union of International Security Officers (OUIS) said on Telegram.
“The planned rotation continues. Hundreds of experienced professionals from the Wagner company are joining the working group at CAR,” the OUIS statement added, “The Russian guides will continue to assist. support the soldiers of the Central African armed forces to ensure security ahead of the constitutional referendum scheduled for July 30.”
According to the US government, OUIS is a front company for Wagner’s force in the Central African Republic. It is run by Alexandre Ivanov, a Russian citizen who was placed on the US sanctions list in January this year.
In its statement, OUIS said its guidance team has been training CAR security forces for more than five years, helping to improve the country’s overall security situation.
In recent weeks, several foreign sources said that Wagner fighters had left CAR, but this information was denied by the Central African Republic government.
The future of private military group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin became uncertain following the group launched a brief mutiny once morest the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 23 and 24.
Wagner fighters seized Russian military positions and advanced toward Moscow before retreating under an agreement reached with the Kremlin, brokered by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Under the agreement, rebel Wagner fighters will not be prosecuted by Russia, be allowed to leave for Belarus, or have the option of returning home or signing a contract to serve in the Russian army.
Recently, on July 15, Belarus said that Wagner members were training their troops. The Belarusian Defense Ministry appears to have confirmed that at least some of the Wagner fighters have arrived in the country.
“Near Asipovichy, units of the territorial defense force are being trained,” the ministry said in a statement. military discipline,” the statement said.
The Belarusian Defense Ministry later added that they and Wagner had drawn up “a road map in the near future for training and sharing of experience” between the different units.
A video released by the Belarusian Defense Ministry shows masked fighters acting as trainers during drills for soldiers living in a nearby camp.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech on the evening of July 15 that Kiev is “closely monitoring what is happening there (Belarus) in terms of security”.
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