Wagner’s group is said to have opened at least three new recruitment centers in sports clubs in Russia in recent days to recruit the paramilitary group founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin after it was banned from recruiting prisoners, ISW said.
Wagner’s group allegedly opened at least three new recruiting centers in Russian sports clubs starting March 2.
It is reported that the new recruiting centers are located at the sports base “Dynamo” in Samara, the sports club “Antares” in Rostov-on-Don and in the building of the Russian Boxing Federation in Tyumen.
Presumably, in this way Prigozhin is trying to compensate for the decrease in the number of recruits after his access to prisoners from Russian colonies was blocked at the beginning of the year.
On March 2, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the group, stated that “Wagner” began cooperating with sports clubs to recruit new fighters, Meduza notes.
The physical condition of new recruits, checked in the gyms
He added that the physical condition of those who want to join his people who are already fighting in Ukraine and whom the press called “cannon fodder” will be checked.
On Friday, Prigozhin hinted that Russian officials had banned the Wagner Group from recruiting prisoners, just as the Russian Defense Ministry was sabotaging the supply of ammunition to its forces in Bakhmut, where bloody fighting is taking place.
Chief Wagner announced on February 9 that he had completely stopped recruiting prisoners, but did not specify that this was the result of a ban by the Russian government at the time.
According to Russian mass media, prisoners are being recruited into the Russian army by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
Prigozhin’s threats
In a new video released on Saturday, Prigozhin launched an unprecedented attack on the Kremlin just as his troops appeared to have handed Moscow a long-awaited victory on the battlefield after a long period of stumbles and setbacks, capturing the city of Bakhmut, the scene of bloody battles. are fighting
Just a day after announcing that Bakhmut was “virtually surrounded” and calling for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi to withdraw his troops, the founder of the Wagner paramilitary group is apparently threatening the Kremlin with dramatic consequences for Russia if his men withdraw from Bakhmut.
On a recording made in a dark room, Prigozhin praises his mercenaries, without whom “the whole front would have collapsed to the borders of Russia or even further.”
“If “Wagner” withdraws from Bakhmut now, the entire front will collapse. The situation will be unpleasant for all military formations that protect the interests of Russia,” he added, asserting that the Russian military will be forced to stabilize the front, and “Crimea will fall” and there will be “many other cataclysms.”
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