![]() ![]() "This won't bring much of a threat to Ukraine because Wagner troops are not enough to do a new round of attacks on Kyiv. "It can be a challenge to Lukashenko if Prigozhin continues political activities being critical to, or to Russia's authorities who are pillars of Lukashenko staying in power," Mr Slunkin said. "But if he keeps them, he continues his business activities and political activities somewhere in Africa and the Middle East or even in Belarus."īut the former diplomat said Prigozhin's new position is a bigger threat to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko than to Kyiv. "If he will not have Wagner troops, if they will take Wagner troops from him, this will probably mean he is out of the game. Mr Slunkin also said the situation is dependent on whether Putin allows Prigozhin to remain in charge of his Wagner troops. "What will Prigozhin do if he really trusted the promise of Putin and Lukashenko? Then he's really in trouble." "Knowing he's a former KGB officer and that he numerous times has said in interviews that he can excuse everything except betrayal, hints at what can happen to Prigozhin and that is why I think he will not stay in Belarus for a long time," Pavel Slunkin said. A former Belarusian diplomat has said he believes Vladimir Putin feels "humiliated" after the attempted Wagner uprising, led by the group's boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. ![]()
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