A Ukrainian soldier has given a detailed and fascinating insight into the Russian defenses that Kyiv’s forces have already overcome and what still lies ahead.
in a separate development on saturday, a far right sub unit of wagner, known as rusich, said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. earlier, i spoke to retired rear admiral mark montgomery about the wagner mercenary group s future without prigozhin. great to have you with us. thank you so much for taking the time. so now, in the wake of the presumed death of yevgeny prigozhin, we have a situation in which president putin, as we know, is ordering russian troops to swear allegiance to russia. i mean, they have proved reluctant before. they enjoyed better conditions when it comes to pay, at least, under wagner. what do you foresee happening here? well, first, thank you for having me, helena. and that s a great question. i assume at this point that you have to look at wagner as two different entities. one is the overseas in africa, syria, libya wagner group, which i am confident will continue to exist. it will probably transition to the russian military intelligence arm, the g