PVK “Wagner” will come under the control of the Rosguard and will partially return to the front

2023-10-29 11:12:23

PVK “Wagner” will come under the management of the Rosguard, the organization’s tg channel says. The company officially became a subdivision of the Rosguard.

“All employees have been asked to conclude an individual contract, otherwise they will work on the current terms. The entire structure of the “Wagner group”, the order of work, the commanders, remain the same.

The base of the “Wagner” group is being built from scratch in the SVA zone (“special military operation”, as the war of aggression against Ukraine is called in Russia – Svoboda), the detachments are preparing for “close” work (6 months). Tasks in the “far” (9 months) and Belarus are kept.”

Separately, the PMK channel “Wagner” stated that people who transferred from the PMK to structures under the leadership of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and other volunteer units will not be accepted back into the composition of the “Wagners”.

What is important to know about the mercenaries of PMC “Wagner” in Belarus

Wagner is a Russian private military company. It is not formally part of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and does not report directly to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that this PMC was financed from the Russian state budget. Wagner soldiers take part in ground operations in Syria, Africa and in the war with Ukraine. Mercenaries are suspected of committing numerous war crimes. The main location of the Wagnerites in Belarus is a military base in the village of Tsel, Asipovitsky district, Mogilev region, 90 kilometers from Minsk. The military base began to be prepared for the arrival of the “Wagner” PMC at the end of June. Satellite images published by Svaboda show that more than 300 military tents have been erected in the camp. According to The Washington Post, from July 22, “dozens, if not hundreds” of military equipment also arrived at the base. According to the information of the State Border Service of Ukraine, on July 22, the number of Russian mercenaries of the “Wagner” PMC in Belarus could reach 5,000. On July 19, the head of “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke before the mercenaries in the village of Tsel, he has flown there several times so far. The second point where PMC “Wagner” was hired is the “Brest” training ground south of the regional center. It is located a few kilometers from the border with Poland and a few tens of kilometers from the border with Ukraine. On July 20, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported on the joint training of mercenaries of the “Wagner” PMC and the Special Operations Forces of Belarus at this training ground. Alexander Lukashenko said that the Wagnerians were asking for a tour to Warsaw and Rzeszow, and then said that it was a joke. On July 31, 2023, photos appeared of fortifications at the Repishcha training ground near Osipovichi, 15 kilometers from the Wagner mercenary camp in the village of Tsel. On the Planet Labs service image, it can be seen that there is active construction work on the territory of the landfill. On August 23, as reported by Rosaviatsia, Yevhenii Prigozhin died in a crashed plane near Tverra. Dmitriy Utkin, one of the commanders of the “Wagner” PMC, was there with him.