Putin exiled the Wagner Group and many of its mercenary soldiers to Belarus after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed armed revolt against the leadership in Moscow. The transfer of so many mercenaries to Belarus quickly inflamed tensions in the region and Poland moved to transfer a substantial number of troops to its border with Belarus. Lukashenko also presented Putin with a map during his St. Petersburg meeting of what he said was a Polish plan to attack Belarus ,“Aggression against Belarus will mean aggression against the Russian Federation,” the Russian President said during a televised meeting of the country’s Security Council. Putin went on to say he Russia would respond with all the means at the country’s disposal, which was a thinly veiled reference to the use of nuclear weapons. Will Wagner attack Poland from Belarus ?
