Who is in charge of commanding the "Wagner's Ninth Man"? Reportedly Ukrainian, after Wagner arrived in Belarus, Belarus | Poland | Command

On the 29th local time, Polish Prime Minister Moravitsky issued a police report stating that over 100 Wagner mercenaries had been deployed to the border between Belarus and Poland, moving towards the Suwauki Corridor, known as the "weakest link in NATO.".

At the same time, multiple media outlets have revealed that the Wagner Mercenary Corps currently stationed in Belarus is led by a Ukrainian named Sergei Chubko with the call sign "Pioneer".

Sergei Chubuko

Poland issues an alert: Wagner mercenaries are moving towards the Suwaukee Corridor

Wagner's appearance in Belarus is exacerbating the tense situation on the country's borders with Poland and Lithuania.

On July 15th, Andrei Kartapolov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Defense Council, claimed that Wagner's presence in Belarus may be in preparation for an attack on Poland to seize control of the Suwauki Corridor in the border area between Poland and Lithuania. This statement has caused a sensation in Western countries.

This month, as Wagner's army gradually arrived in Belarus, Poland began deploying thousands of soldiers to the border areas with Belarus and announced the deployment of a new engineering battalion in August in the city of Augustov in the Suwaukee Corridor.

A week ago, Belarusian President Lukashenko stated during a meeting with Russian President Putin that many Wagner members were "in a bad mood" and proposed to travel to "Warsaw and Zheshov in Poland.".

On the 29th, Polish Prime Minister Moravitsky stated that over 100 Wagner mercenaries were heading to the Belarusian border city of Grodno, with their goal being the Polish Lithuanian border line known as the "Suwauki Corridor". Grodno is only about 15 kilometers away from this border line.

Moravitsky pointed out that the situation is becoming increasingly dangerous. Wagner members are likely to disguise themselves as Belarusian border troops, helping illegal immigrants enter Polish territory and destabilizing Poland. They are likely to disguise themselves as illegal immigrants entering Poland, which poses an additional threat. He also emphasized, "This is undoubtedly a step towards further mixed attacks on Polish territory."

Polish Prime Minister Moravitsky

Although it is currently unclear what Wagner's forces are doing in Grodno, it has clearly made NATO and EU member states uneasy. According to reports, the Deputy Minister of the Interior of Lithuania stated on Friday that due to concerns about Wagner's presence in Belarus, Poland and Lithuania are considering closing their respective borders with Belarus.

Anton Motolko, founder of the Hajun project that monitors military activities in Belarus, stated that there is no evidence of the Wagner organization approaching Grodno. However, the day after Prigoren gave a speech to Wagner members at the Belarusian camp, some Wagner soldiers arrived at the training ground of the country's 38th Air Assault Brigade outside Brest, which was only a few kilometers away from the Polish border.

Media Reveals: The Belarusian Head of Wagner Corps from Ukraine

According to media reports, the Wagner Mercenary Corps currently stationed in Belarus is led by a Ukrainian named Sergei Chubko.

In a video released on July 19th, after a speech at the Osipovich military base in Belarus, Wagner founder Prigoren handed over the Wagner flag brought from the Molkino base in Russia to Sergei Chubko, who was called the "Pioneer", in front of hundreds of mercenaries, and referred to him as the "Senior Commander in the Belarusian direction.".

Sergei Chubko was born in 1976 in the city of Chernivts, located in southwestern Ukraine, near the border between Romania and Moldova. His father Vladimir was a Soviet soldier who was sent to fight in Afghanistan. According to reports, the Soviet Army's 110th District Training Center, a radar base, and a military airport are located in Chernivts. Before 1984, the Chubko family also settled in the city of Izyaslav for a period of time, where there was a Soviet special forces base.

Wagner soldiers participate in training in Belarus

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Chubko family moved to the city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea coast of Russia. From 1994 to 2002, Sergei Chubko served in the Russian Airborne Forces and participated in the Chechen War. In 2002, he officially retired and joined a private security company. At the same time, his father Vladimir also worked for multiple private security companies in the local area, and the two often worked together.

In 2003, Sergei Chubko began serving as the Chairman of the Youth Affairs Committee of Novorossiysk City. In 2005, he was transferred to the position of Deputy District Mayor of Meshaco District. But his political career did not last long. Since 2010, Sergei Chubko has worked as a security officer in several companies and is also an employee of a private security company called "Rusich". It is worth noting that in 2011, the Russian authorities planned to deprive him of Russian nationality because he was reportedly secretly holding a Ukrainian passport, but the follow-up is unknown.

According to reports, he went to Moscow at the end of September 2014 and did not return to Novorossiysk until October 16 of that year. In December 2014, Sergei Chubko became one of the founders of the Cossack Association in Novorossiysk and did not completely leave the organization until 2021. After the Donetsk Republic and Luhansk People's Republic declared independence from Ukraine in 2014, Cossack associations across Russia began to be very active in the eastern region of Ukraine.

"Wagner's Ninth Man": One of Wagner's main commanders in Africa

According to reports, Sergei Chubko officially joined the Wagner Mercenary Corps on January 26, 2017 and was then dispatched to Syria. One year later, he was appointed to lead Wagner's military operations in the eastern Ghouta region of Syria. In 2019, after setting up another headquarters in Libya, Wagner was transferred to Libya to become the regional leader.

In 2020, Sergei Chubko returned to Russia and worked for a logistics and trading company called Global Link. On June 4, 2021, he finally returned to Wagner and began his mission in Syria. On July 2, 2021, Sergei Chubko went to the Central African Republic to serve as the head of the Wagner operation.

According to reports, Sergei Chubko, codenamed "Pioneer," was first publicly mentioned in 2020. In December of that year, former Wagner mercenary Marat Gabidorin talked about the "Pioneers" in an interview, saying, "I was surprised when a 'Pioneer' who used to only work at headquarters became a senior officer in a combat operation in East Ghouta." He also revealed that in 2019, they received an order to quickly send Syrian members of Wagner's ISIS Hunter team to Libya. When they arrived there, they received a call from the "Pioneer".

Sergei Chubuko's call sign "Pioneer"

Another report in 2021 stated that "Pioneer" was Wagner's "curator" in Libya, responsible for all operations in the area, with its command post located at Al Jufra Air Force Base in Libya. It is reported that the "Pioneer" is also known as the "9th Wagner", and all of his work is directly reported to Wagner's founder Dmitry Utkin.

On June 11th this year, two weeks before the rebellion, the Telegraph channel related to Wagner released a statement from the Pioneers. According to the description at the time, the "Pioneer" was known as the Wagner Commander and participated in military operations in Syria, Central Africa, Mali, and other countries. He was awarded the Knight of Courage at level 5.

In July of this year, Sergei Chubko and other Wagner members came to Belarus from Russia and were appointed as the head of the Belarus base by Prigo.