2023-09-30 02:23:49
(AFP, Moscow, 28th) The Kremlin said in a statement today that Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 28th gave Andrei Troshev, one of the highest-ranking former commanders of the Wagner mercenary organization, to supervise the Wagner “Volunteer Fighters” fighting in Ukraine.
“In the previous meeting, we talked regarding your responsibility for forming volunteer units that can carry out various tasks, of course first of all in the areas of special military operations,” Putin told Troshev, referring to the Russian offensive in Ukraine. .
Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov also attended the meeting. The talks highlighted the fact that Wagner Group fighters will be integrated into the Russian regular army following the one-day mutiny launched by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin at the end of June this year failed.
On August 23 this year, a plane flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed. Prigozin and nine other people died in the accident.
Troschev and Putin are fellow residents of St. Petersburg and are retired colonels. They have won numerous medals in wars in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria, and are known as “Grey Hair” within the Wagner Group.
Kremlin: Wagner’s former commander “grey hair” will supervise volunteer fighters in Ukraine
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