That is according to a latest the U.K. Defense Ministry’s Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine.
As the update states, approximately 300 tents and 200 vehicles were identified in a camp of Wagnerians in Tsel, Belarus that was identified on satellite images taken on 19 July 2023.
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According to the U.K. Defense Intelligence, "since mid-July 2023, at least several thousand Wagner troops have likely established themselves at a military camp at Tsel, in central Belarus. Imagery shows that since mid-July 2023, hundreds of vehicles have arrived at the previously mostly empty facility."
Separate reports suggest most of the visible vehicles are trucks and minibuses with few armoured combat vehicles. It remains unclear what has happened to the heavy equipment Wagner used in Ukraine; there is a realistic possibility that it was forced to return these to the Russian military.
"Wagner’s ability to secure heavy equipment and enablers such as air transport will be key factors in its future combat effectiveness," the U.K. Defense Intelligence concludes.
As Defense Express rported, the Wagner units handed over more than 2,000 pieces of equipment and weaponry to russian military. We also wrote, that Ukraine’s intelligence chief said "Wagnerians" in belarus posed no danger to Ukraine.
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