Ukrainian journalists have exposed the clandestine nature of the Redut Private Military Company (PMC), linking its operations to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff (GRU). A special investigative project ran by RFE/RL unveiled Redut as a disguised mechanism to recruit troops for the ongoing war against Ukraine.
While the precise consequences of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s so-called “march for justice” remain to be seen, the events starting on the night of June 23 and abruptly ending with a deal between Prigozhin and Russian President Vladimir Putin seemingly brokered by Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka on June 24 will certainly disrupt Russian forces still fighting in Ukraine (T.me/concordgroup official; T.me/tvrain, June 24). By some …