The main goal of mercenaries is not to help the Russian army to turn the tide of the war.
About 190 people take part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine thousands of military personnel, and the involvement of thousands of Wagner mercenaries (now the League) will not affect the outcome. But Russian dictator Vladimir Putin wants to use mercenaries in Ukraine for another purpose, writes The Economist.
certain military skills, now hired are those who were previously denied due to little combat experience or questionable past. “They take everyone,” said Russian journalist Ilya Rozhdestvensky, who studies the work of Russia's APCs.
Mercenaries who arrived in Ukraine probably do not fight with units of the regular Russian army, journalists suggest. The SBU reported that groups of Wagnerians were being sent to Kyiv to assassinate Ukrainian authorities. The Kremlin did plan to change power in Kyiv to a pro-Russian one, but the blitzkrieg failed, and the occupiers were unable to take the Ukrainian capital.
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Instead, mercenaries are being transferred to the temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and they must strengthen the ranks of the so-called “army corps” in an attempt to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces in the east. On March 28, the British Ministry of Defense announced that more than 1,000 mercenaries could be sent to Donbas, including the top management of Wagner.
“Even if more Russian mercenaries arrive in Ukraine (as reported by the British Ministry of Defense – ed.), Their track record suggests that they may contribute not so much to the dynamics of the conflict as to the growing wave of war crimes,” the article added. .
Intimidation, brutal killings and torture will be the main task of Wagnerians in Ukraine, journalists suggest, referring to the atrocities of mercenaries in Syria and other countries.
Mercenaries arriving now to Ukraine, it seems that they are not part of Wagner's main group, but join new special formations, the publication notes.
“They use the old Wagner infrastructure – the base, recruitment channels. But this is not what we used to call “Wagner”, – says Russian journalist Ilya Barabanov .
In Ukraine, mercenaries are offered 2,367 dollars a month (over 200 thousand rubles). And this is several times more than the income of regular army soldiers.
Russia may send Wagnerians from Libya and the Central African Republic to Ukraine, but such a rotation will be insignificant, Barabanov said. After all, despite the war, Wagner continues to fulfill other “contracts” abroad.
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