The British Intelligence Service confirmed that they would join other Army units and private military companies
MADRID, September 29 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The British Intelligence Service has indicated this Friday that “hundreds of combatants previously associated with the Wagner Group” have begun to deploy to Ukraine, where they are fighting “for various pro-Russian units.”
“Over the past few weeks, hundreds of fighters previously associated with the private military company Wagner Group have likely begun redeploying to Ukraine as individuals and small groups,” they said.
Therefore, they recalled that “Wagner Group withdrew from combat operations in Ukraine in early June 2023, before the aborted uprising on June 24 and the death of Wagner owner Yevgeni Prigozhin and other senior officials in a plane crash on August 23.”
“The exact status of the redeployed personnel is unclear, but most likely they have been transferred to the Ministry of Defense’s official forces section and other private military companies,” they stressed, according to a statement published by the Ministry. UK Defense via its account on the social network X, previously known as Twitter.
Finally, they pointed to the existence of “various reports” that “indicate a concentration of Wagner Group veterans in the vicinity of Bakhmut.” “Their experience is really needed in this sector. Many are familiar with the Ukrainian front and local tactics, having fought on similar terrain last winter,” they added.
In fact, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday asked Andrei Troshev, a senior Wagner Group official whom he proposed in July as the new leader of the Wagner Group to replace Prigozhin, to create a “volunteer unit” to carry out the task. carried out “combat missions” within the framework of the invasion of Ukraine, which took place in February 2022.
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