MOSCOW: The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary force said in an interview published over the weekend that he had ambitions to turn his private military company into an 'army with an ideology' that would fight for justice in Russia. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's fighters - some of them convicts - have spe
MOSCOW: The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary force said in an interview published over the weekend that he had ambitions to turn his private military company into an"army with an ideology" that would fight for justice in Russia.assault in eastern Ukraine
"After the capture of Artyomovsk , we will begin to reboot," Prigozhin said in a clip posted on Telegram channels associated with Wagner."In particular, we will start recruiting new people from the regions." Prigozhin said on Friday Wagner had opened recruitment centres in 42 cities as he seeks to replenish its ranks after heavy losses in fighting for Bakhmut.
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