The Wagner Group could scale back its military operations in Ukraine.
THE Russian paramilitary group Wagner he is about to retireUkraine ? Evgueni Prigojine, the group’s boss, would definitely prepare to put the airfoil on the ground Ukrainian frontaccording to the Bloomberg news agency.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the powerful founder of the Wagner mercenary group, is preparing to scale back his private army’s operations in Ukraine https://t.co/wZmtYh7lxk
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) March 23, 2023
This possibility would be the result of internal disagreements between the Russian armed forces. The Russian Defense Ministry and Yevgeny Prigozhin have had several disputes since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, and according to Bloomberg, senior Russian commanders managed to cast doubt on the Russian president. Vladimir Putin about the real effectiveness of the Wagner group at the front.
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However, the influence of the private security firm and its boss had greatly increased since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in which Wagner’s mercenaries achieved more results than the conventional army.
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But the Wagner group, according to Evgueni Prigoyine, was deprived of ammunition and then its main source of recruits – Russian prisoners – due to their disputes with the Russian Ministry of Defense, and suffered heavy losses Bachmout. And did not manage to capture the city, the capture of which was built by Russia as a priority.
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Ukrainian forces have been resisting there for several months and have even started conducting several counter-offensives the last days. Which, according to Bloomberg, senior Russian commanders did not fail to point out.
The Wagner Group, which is or was active in Libya, Syria, the Central African Republic and Mali, among other places, could also focus on that againAfricaaccording to Bloomberg.