The British Ministry of Defence said in a briefing last night that over a thousand mercenaries from the Russian private military company Wagner Group are expected to be deployed to Ukraine, taking on operational combat duties.
Among them are believed to include leading members of the mercenary organization.
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Already the organization is present in eastern Ukraine, the British Ministry noted.
It added that because of the heavy troop casualties and the largely dysfunctional nature of the invasion, it is highly likely that Russia has been forced to change the priorities of Wagner Group's missions, placing emphasis on Ukraine over operations in Africa and Syria.
Recall that for weeks the British Ministry of Defence had warned that the Russians would attempt to replace their heavy troop losses in Ukraine with, among other things, mercenaries.
The Wagner Group, according to a Times report weeks ago, had already been involved in attempts to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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