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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-mutiny-exiles-in-belarus-want-to-storm-poland-putin-ally-alexander-lukashenko-says">Wagner fighters</a> are reportedly leaving <a href="http://wagner%20men%20exiled%20by%20putin%20threaten%20new%20firestorm%20in%20europe/">Belarus</a> in droves, just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin had them exiled in the aftermath of their <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-revolt-could-leave-putin-pal-lukashenko-on-shaky-legs?ref=author">failed march on Moscow.</a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/opposition-figures-fear-yevgeniy-prigozhin-may-try-another-mutiny-in-belarus?ref=author">Wagner mercenary unit</a> has dropped from approximately 5,800-strong to 4,400, in part because their income has fallen in recent weeks since moving to Belarus, sources in the country told the <a href="https://sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/vagnerivtsi-zalyshayut-bilorus-cherez-vidsutnist-zarobitku/">National Resistance Center</a> of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.</p>
<p>Some of the fighters are instead going to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-groups-post-mutiny-crackup-is-a-threat-to-africa">work in African countries</a>, where Wagner has a more established and enduring presences, according to Kyiv. Others are reportedly going on vacation.</p>
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The Wagner mercenary unit has dropped from approximately 5,800-strong to 4,400, in part because their income has fallen in recent weeks since moving to Belarus, sources in the country told the National Resistance Center of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Some of the fighters are instead going to work in African countries, where Wagner has a more established and enduring presences, according to Kyiv. Others are reportedly going on vacation.
