General Dannatt: Prygozhyn can lead an offensive against Ukraine from Belarus

The escape of Wagner leader Yevhen Prigozhin to Belarus may mean that he is preparing a new offensive against Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. This opinion was expressed by the former Chief of the British General Staff, General Richard Dannatt.

According to Sky News, Ukraine should be wary of a possible attack on Kyiv. "The fact that he went to Belarus is a matter of some concern," Dannatt said.

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He believes that the Ukrainian leadership should beware of the decision of self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to grant asylum to Prigozhin.

In his opinion, if the founder of the Wagner PMC has left an effective fighting force around him, "then he is again a threat to the Ukrainian flank closest to Kyiv," where the war began.

Dannatt says Russia could use the Wagner group to try to re-enter Kyiv.

As a reminder, the founder of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, accused the Russian regular army of launching a missile attack on the rear camps of his mercenaries. The Russian Ministry of Defense considers this statement a provocation. Prigozhin promised to "punish" those who attacked the rear camps of the private military company. On June 24, Prigozhin's militants seized administrative buildings in Rostov and moved to Voronezh. Prigozhin promised that Wagner's men would reach Moscow and take over.

In an address to Russians on June 24, the Russian president said that the actions of the Wagnerites were aimed at dividing society.

After unsuccessful attempts to reach Moscow, Prigozhin said he was stopping his militants and taking them to field camps, while the leader of the Wagner PMC himself was moving to Belarus, as he had agreed with Alexander Lukashenko.

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