Almost all of Wagner's mercenaries have already left Syria on planes departing from the Khmeimim air base, and the remaining few dozen are handing over weapons to the military and processing documents.
Russian media have reported that the Wagner Group has become a unit of the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia) and has resumed recruiting soldiers in Russia, in particular, in Perm and Novosibirsk. Source: Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian independent news outlet; Perm-based website 59.
The group's recruiter told the Perm news outlet 59.ru that the unit is now headed by Pavel Prigozhin, the son of the deceased founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Key developments on Nov. 1: North Korea reportedly sends over 1 million artillery shells to Russia Ukrainian forces repel Russian attacks in 5 directions Military reports Russian planes drop 'explosive objects' on Black Sea shipping corridor Russian media: Wagner resumes recruiting as Russia's National Guard unit Russia and North Korea have been growing closer in recent months as the Kremlin seeks to boost its arms capacities amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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