Wagner Group ‘recruiting in Poland’ as eerie social media video shows sign-up poster | World | News
A video online alleges that the Wagner Group is reporting mercenaries in Poland, as fears of conflict continue to grow.
A video has been posted on X showing a Wagner sign, in English, with a QR code in what was claimed to be a Polish bathroom.
The person then tears down the sign and tries to flush it down the toilet.
Following the link takes users to a website where they can apply to join Wagner.
Express.co.uk has looked into who owns the domain. It is registered under REG.RU LLC, a domain provider, and has no identifiable name attached.
According to the website, Yevgeny Prigozhin said on July 30 that Wagner does not plan to carry out any recruitment at this time.
And it was reported that Alexander Lukashenko kicked some of the mercenaries out of Belarus and refused to finance their stay in the country.
According to the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel, operations to remove all Wagner Group men began earlier in the month, with a second phase scheduled to take place on August 13.
The group’s moderator said the men headed for Russia are mercenaries who rejected resignation to Lybia, where the Group has been operating for years.
Despite this, Poland has said it will send 10,000 troops to reinforce its border with Belarus as tensions continue to flare.
Defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak made the announcement just a day after Warsaw announced it would send 2,000 additional troops to the border over the next two weeks.
He said in a state radio interview the move comes after allegations of violations of Polish air space by two military aircraft.
“The violation of Polish space by Belarusian helicopters cannot be underestimated because of the Belarusian approach,” the minster said.
“Everything that is happening in Belarus is coordinated with the actions of Russia.”
Meanwhile, a former prisoner and Wagner mercenary was accused of a double murder in Russia after fighting in Ukraine.
Demyan Kevorkyan, who had been serving an 18-year prison sentence since 2016, now finds himself behind bars again on suspicion of killing a young man and woman on their way home from work.
Kevorkyan vehemently denies these grave allegations. The recruitment of Kevorkyan, along with around 150 other prisoners, into the Wagner mercenary group reportedly took place on August 31 last year.
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