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submitted 1 year ago by Woland@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world

A group of a hundred soldiers from the Russian Wagner group have moved closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno near the Polish border, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday.

Poland, a former Warsaw Pact member which has been a full member of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance since 1999, has been concerned about the possible spillover of war on to its territory ever since Russian invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

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[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm sure 100 guys will launch a full scale "special military operation" on a NATO country.

[-] Amanduh@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

I saw some polish soldiers in afghanistan, all those mofos are like 7 feet tall brick shithouses. Gl wagner

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I don't understand the move. Blunder?

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

may be a small scale project like smuggling

[-] LoafyLemon@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Distraction. Why? We don't know.

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I don't think Wagner are stupid enough to start shit on Polish soil. Wouldn't that be forcing Joe Biden's hand to drag NATO into the conflict?

[-] Techmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think they would need NATO's help.

[-] Yellow_Cheese237@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

What will happen if Wagner is trying to destabilise things near the Poland-Belarus border or do activities that normally would been seen as an act of war?

Would NATO see this as an attack from Russia and/or Belarus or would they say it's a private army/terrorist group that is not connected to a country and let Poland handle it?

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 10 points 1 year ago

Stationed Polish soldiers would probably just wipe them in under 2 hours then move on.

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