Interfax: Wagner PMC fighters detained in Belarus will be extradited to Russia by the end of the week

The Russians from the Wagner PMC, who were detained in Belarus, will be handed over to Russia by the end of the week. This was reported by Interfax with reference to an informed source.

“It is possible that the detainees will be handed over to the Russian side for further proceedings,” the source said, without specifying what kind of proceedings they are talking about.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, it is assumed that the Russians "will leave Minsk by air."

Updated. Russia is "making every effort" to extradite the detainees, Interfax was told at the Russian embassy in Belarus. “But it is still difficult to name the dates,” the diplomatic mission clarified.

• the extradition of mercenaries from the Wagner private military company (PMC) from Minsk requested On the afternoon of August 12, Kiev . PMC fighters were detained on July 29, it was originally about 33 people, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office sent a request for 28, nine of which are citizens of Ukraine.
• In Ukraine, mercenaries are suspected of participating in the armed conflict in the Donbass “on the side of formations opposing Ukrainian forces.” The Belarusian Security Council said that the detainees were charged with preparing terrorist attacks before the presidential elections.