Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak discussed by phone Wagner Group's presence in Belarus, spokesperson Pat Ryder said on Friday

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry confirmed to Sputnik on Friday that it received Poland's note with its evidence of alleged violations of the state border by Belarusian helicopters, but the document does not contain any compelling evidence

Helicopters believed to have violated Poland's border earlier in August allegedly belong to a guard team of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, a member of the European Parliament and the former Polish prime minister, said on Thursday, without specifying where the information came from