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Weekend: Russian mercenary group Wagner starts training Belarus troops

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Russian mercenary group Wagner starts training Belarus troops

15/07/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Russian mercenary group Wagner starts training Belarus troops

Belarus says the Russian mercenary group Wagner has begun training its troops

Belarus says instructors from the Russian mercenary group Wagner have begun training its troops. The announcement is the first official confirmation that some Wagner fighters have moved to Belarus, weeks after their abortive mutiny in Russia. Also, July 22 marks the anniversary of the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II.
In 2011, eight people died in a bombing in Oslo and another 69 people died on nearby Utoya island. To discuss these topics and more are our guests, Tiziana Prezzo, an Italian journalist and London correspondent for the Sky Italia television news channel and And SAMIR PURI, a British defence analyst, author and visiting lecturer in War Studies at King's College, London. PHOTO CREDIT: REUTERS.

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