This camp for the possible arrival of wagner fighters? is that what you were told? we ve prepared it for training and territorial defense, he says. it was the sudden announcement by the leader of belarus that neither wagner nor its leader was, in fact, in the country that seems to have thrown planning into disarray. lukashenko insists his officer helped bring the uprising to an end last month is still on the table. but with new questions over wagner and its leader, it seems unlikely this would-be wagner camp would ever now be filled. let s talk with jill doherty, a professor and cnn contributor.
For groceries at food stalls. at least eight civilians were killed, more than a dozen injured. ben wedeman, thank you so much. it s been two weeks since the wagner group s failed rebellion against russia. the whereabouts of leader yevgeny prigozhin are still unknown. belarusian president alexander lukashenko who brokered the deal to end the uprising says neither prigozhin nor his troops are in belarus, but they could change. reporter: this is the closest we ve ever come to a wagner camp. not in russia, nor the ukrainian front license, but standing empty for now in belarus. this is where we thought that wagner soldiers invited to belarus could be housed in a
Great to see you. it s been a couple of weeks now. what do you think is really going on here? you have the encampment for the wagner troops, yet no sign of the troops. we heard the belarusian president say prigozhin is welcome here, but there s been no sighting of prigozhin. what s happening here? i think behind the scenes they re still trying to figure this out, they being president putin primarily and then lukashenko of belarus working with him in some fashion. the guy who controls things obviously is putin. what he s got is a double problem. he has, what do you do with pri fw prigozhin who s started a rebellion and has videos of gold
Vast tent city that this supposedly disused military base about 100 kilometers outside of the belarusian capital in tents like these that have been set up to house a couple of dozen fighters at any given time, for the most part empty at the moment. that s because the plan to invite wagner and its leader over here to belarus after its military uprising in russia now appears to be on hold. recent satellite images showed how quickly the camp was transformed, readied to house large numbers of troops at short notice. independent russian general who gave us access told me wagner forces could still be deployed here. there s room for up to 5,000 soldiers at this camp alone, he tells me, and we have other facilities too. have you been told to prepare
Moment. those because the plan to invite wagner and its leader over here into belarus after their military uprising in russia now appears to be on hold. recent satellite images showed how quickly the camp was transformed, readied to house large numbers of troops at short notice. the belarusian general who gave us access told me wagner forces could still be deployed here. if the political decision is made. there s room for up to 5,000 soldiers at this camp alone. we have other facilities, too. have you been told to prepare this camp for the possible arrival of wagner fighters? is that what you were told? we have prepared it for training and for territorial defense, he says. it was the sudden announcement by the leader of belarus that