Russia uses mercenaries of the private military company Wagner in the east of Ukraine and can attract more than a thousand of these military to battles. ” This was told by a high-ranking NATO official, transfers Radio Liberty.
According to the source of the publication, there is a high probability that it will occur at the expense of operations in other places, for example, in Africa or in Syria.
At the same time, he noted that while Moscow attracts, in particular, mercenaries (including foreigners) to replenish losses, and it is not yet clear how these groups will be integrated into Russian units that are in Ukraine, and how it will affect their combat efficiency.
According to NATO, now Russia has more than 80 battalion tactical groups in Ukraine. The current actions of Russia in the Donbass, where its troops are trying to move towards Kramatorsk, indicate the increase in hostilities.
“The renewed efforts in the Donbass will lead to the fact that Russia will deploy the campaign, which, in my opinion, will be very similar to the usual fights, which in fact, rooted in the first and second world wars,” he said.