Moscow (EFE).- The head of the Wagner Group, Yevgueni Prigozhin, has ordered vacations for the mercenaries until the beginning of August after the failed uprising led by the combatants last June, said today one of the commanders of the private military company, alias “Lotus”, to a Russian journalist.
“We were all sent on vacation until the beginning of August, there are many tasks ahead that need to be solved, so Yvgeny Viktorovich (Prigozhin) decided to let everyone rest,” Anton Yelizarov told journalist Timofey Ermakov, according to Telegram channels from military bloggers.
“Personally, I haven’t been to the sea with my family for five years, other guys are now also immersed in family affairs. To give everyone a chance to rest from the great work we have to do, such a decision was made by the council of commanders” of the Wagner Group, “Lotus” noted.
The talk took place in a cafeteria in the south of Russia, where the journalist met Yelizarov by chance, who explained that after the holidays work will begin to transfer the Wagnerites to Belarus under the agreement reached with the Kremlin to stop the armed rebellion in exchange for no criminal prosecution.
“New blood”
“First we need to infuse new blood. The second and most difficult thing is access to Belarus. We have to prepare bases, training grounds, coordinate with local governments and administrations, organize interaction with Belarusian law enforcement agencies and set up logistics, ”he explained.
“There is a lot of work and the tasks are not easy, but the more difficult the task, the more interesting it is. I think we can do it,” Yelizarov said.
This week the President of Belarus, Alexandr Lukashenko, said that Prigozhin, who was due to go into exile in Belarus, was in Saint Petersburg and his mercenaries were at their bases in Russia.
He explained that the problem of transferring the Wagnerites to the country has not yet been resolved and that Wagner has a “different” vision of his future mission, which would consist, according to Lukashenko, of training and advising the Army.
In any case, he said, the relationship with the Wagner Group and Belarus will be defined by law or a presidential decree.
They step aside
Wagner’s commander also said he is following the situation in Ukraine and is “concerned about what is happening there.”
“But when they don’t listen to you, they ignore all the proposals and ways to solve the problems, even when you talk about it with the whole world, then it’s probably better sometimes to step aside and watch what’s going on from the outside,” he said. Lotus”.
“Although it is fucking insulting and painful when there are proposals and opportunities to solve the problem and they are dismissed. As our wise ancestors used to say, let’s wait and see. And we will stand aside and watch quietly, ”he said.
However, he noted that if the mercenaries are called upon to help the homeland by the Russian people, they are ready to do so.