The head of the Wagner mercenary group said he could send his troops to protect the Russian region from cross-border raids.
But on Saturday, Prigozhin said that his troops may have to step into the fray and that"the only thing we will be asking for is ammunition."
He said that his fighters would not wait for an"invitation" and that the"civilian population is dying in Belgorod."
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