British Ministry of Defense (MoD) assured this Sunday that there is “a real possibility” that Russia will stop funding the Wagner Group’s mercenaries.
According to the latest report of MoD Intelligence services, status war in ukraineMoscow has “acted against some of its business interests” since Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin launched an unsuccessful “rebellion” against the Russian Army last June.
“There is a real possibility that the Kremlin is no longer funding the group,” the MoD said on its Twitter account today, reminding that Wagner went through “cuts and restructuring” to “save their salaries”. staff in these moments of “financial pressure”.
“If the Russian state no longer pays Wagner, the second most reasonable payers are the Belarusian authorities,” the British intelligence report added.
Assuming that the bill for mercenaries in Ukraine would mean “drainage” for the “modest economic resources” of a country like Belarus, according to the MoD.