Ukraine has asked Belarus to extradite detainees

Kiev will ask Belarus to give the Ukrainians the Russians detained in Minsk. They are suspected of involvement in a terrorist organization.

As reported in Facebook Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office, 28 people, including nine citizens of Ukraine are mercenaries PMC “Wagner” and fought in the Donbass on the side of the militias.

Ukraine has also sent a request about the arrest of the detained July 29.

Earlier, the Belarusian authorities said that a group of 32 people were detained in the sanatorium near the capital. All of them, according to Minsk, are members of a private military company Wagner and allegedly planned to “destabilize the situation” in the country before the presidential election.

the Russian foreign Ministry has expressed bewilderment in connection with the detention of citizens. According to the Agency, the Russians followed by transit through Belarus to Turkey.