and a lot of people say quite brutally as well. training the security forces of some african countries, and supporting them, in some pretty brutal operations as well. but it wasn t until the ukraine war, wolf, that this turned into one of the most powerful armies in that part of europe. they now have tanks. they have artillery. and you know, i ve been under fire, in bakhmut from what was presumably wagner positions, so they have. so heaviest weapons that are out there, and that s one of the reasons why yevgeny prigozhin is now such a threat to vladimir putin and also of course to the defense minister, to shoigu. what is also interesting, wolf, is these wagner fighters, they have a lot of respect, among a lot of people in the russian armies. they ve been known to be tough and very good at what they do. and he uses prisoners and former russian jail prisoners in some cases but in general the wagner fighters are very well respected by russian soldiers and that might be one of the reasons w