Isw, Moscow also uses the “Wagnerians” in Avdiivka
The Russian military leadership has likely deployed Wagner Group mercenaries to Avdiivka to consolidate the limited progress it has recently made in its offensive against the city, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says in its daily update, how Kyiv Independent reports. Avdiivka – located in the Donetsk region, just 10 kilometers from the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk as of 2014 – has been the scene of intense fighting lately. Colonel Oleksiy Dmytrashkivyskyi, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Tavriisk, reported last Saturday that according to Kiev intelligence services, the Wagner group could be present in the Avdiivka area. In addition, experts from the US study center remind, on March 20 the Russian social network VK published an obituary, which announced the death of a fighter from the Wagner group, Yevgeny Malgotin, in Avdiivka.