The Belarusian private security company GardService, the only one allowed by the President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko himself to have firearms in the corresponding decree of 2020, has significantly increased the number of employees and is probably preparing to participate in hostilities. This was stated by the representative of the "
According to him, GuardService employees are being trained at several Belarusian training grounds, in particular, they are allegedly trained by officers of the 5th Special Forces Brigade at their base in the Minsk region.. "
The representative of the opposition of the republic said that the last few months have been preparing and recruiting personnel for the company. According to him, the number of employees was increased by officers, sergeants, ensigns and soldiers who previously served in the special operations forces or special units of the law enforcement agencies of Belarus..
According to Sakhashchik, now the GardService private security company can have more than a thousand people.
He assumes that the "
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Earlier, a representative of the "
DW also noted that in the summer of 2022, independent media disseminated information from an anonymous GardService employee.. He claimed that in July-August, mercenaries of the Wagner Group allegedly arrived in Minsk to train members of the private security company..
According to the source, the Belarusian company then had about 500 employees who, according to rumors, were promised business trips and a future salary of more than 3,500 euros..
At the same time, the journalist of the Belarusian Investigative Center Aleksey Karpeko explained that it was impossible to identify the aforementioned GuardService employee, as well as to verify the veracity of his words.. In the media, he sent only his ID with a closed photo, first and last name.
Karpeko added that the private security company " As of 2021, the company had pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles and other weapons.
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The journalist believes that the private security company was probably created for Lukashenka against the backdrop of the presidential election. Workers were recruited from former veterans of law enforcement agencies, security services, special forces, special forces of the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Karpeko also has certain information that only " "
Earlier, the Center for National Resistance reported about the arrival of "
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