In a press conference capitalising on the huge media interest generated by the Wagner Group's mutiny, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko spoke on Prigozhin's whereabouts, the Belarusian might, and nuclear weapons.
He's not sure, but the two men have known each other for 30 years he said and had a"very good relationship with each other, maybe even more than good relations", whatever that may mean.Discussions are still ongoing as to where and how Wagner troops in Belarus will be based, not necessarily at the base near Osipovichi where satellite imagery suggests a build-up of military facilities, but in a number of other spots, he said.
He repeated however that his forces had been on the brink of deploying to Moscow if the situation with Prigozhin had spiralled, to prevent a possible civil war.The Wagner march on Moscow in videosNo,"don't even hope for that", he said.The other key topic was nuclear weapons - and the deployment of tactical nuclear warheads to storage sites within Belarus.
Mr Lukashenko seemed delighted that the transfer had happened without, he believed, the West having any idea how he and Putin had managed it. Despite the fact the Kremlin has always maintained any firing rights remain with Russia alone, Mr Lukashenko insisted that any aggression onto Belarusian territory would be met with a response, with targets in the West already identified, he claimed.
As for the idea that the Chinese President might have warned Russia off using nuclear weapons, as reported by the Financial Times, he said that was just fake news.
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