Alexander Borodai, a former "member" of the Russia-controlled Donetsk puppet authorities and current member of Russia’s State Duma from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s party, United Russia, came under fire on the Donbas frontline on July 21, the Borodai-led "Donbas Volunteer Union" reported on July 22.
Allowing a psychopath to form a private army of violent criminals may not, on reflection, have been Vladimir Putin’s greatest idea. But Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutinous Wagner Group is by no means the only private army operating in Russia. Over the past couple of months no fewer than five armies have been fighting on Russian soil.
The Kremlin announced late on June 24 that Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko negotiated a deal under which Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin will travel to Belarus without facing criminal charges in Russia; some portion of Wagner Group
For the first time, proceeds from confiscated Russian assets will be handed over to Ukraine to meet reconstruction costs – and “it will not be the last.”