Satellite imagery from the European Space Agency has captured what appears to be a rapidly built up military base of Wagner forces near the Belarusian capital of Minsk.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, former U.S. defense intelligence officer Rebekah Koffler said Russian President Vladimir Putin aims to open a second front in Belarus as he builds a combat-ready strategic reserve of his most capable force of Wagner"musicians."
"From here, Wagner hit squad can launch a blitzkrieg south using Poland's border to their advantage with Polish troops sitting right behind," Koffler said."Don't rule out the possibility that Putin will order Russian units stationed in the Moldovan enclave of Transnistria where the Russians have a huge Soviet-era ammunition depot.
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