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In Bakhmut they are disposing of the Wagner Private Military Company ...

In the last 24 hours there are reports that the professional component among the

Wagner Group mercenaries who storm Bakhmut has changed significantly in the better,

qualitative side, since the time of Soledar. So we can assume that they threw pros into the fight?

And this is indeed the case. Unlike convicts who did not have even basic

combat skills and who attacked AFU positions en masse, now AFU positions are attacked by

those who clearly have these skills. And there is an explanation for this - the

resources of the Wagner Group are depleted and they are being finished off in Bakhmut.

It should be noted that among the Wagner Group, several groups should be distinguished.

The first group, the most professional, consisting of mercenaries with combat experience.

But it is now located not in Ukraine and not even in Russia,

but in other countries, which are covered by the interests of the Russian leadership.

The largest group of Wagner is located in the Central African Republic and Libya.

I want to note that the African Wagner group has hardly changed since the beginning of the

war in Ukraine in 2022, only decreasing by 10% at the very beginning of the invasion.

This is due to two reasons. First, many mercenaries simply did not want to go to

fight in Ukraine. It is much safer for them in Africa than it is in Ukraine right now,

and Moscow cannot force them to leave an important foothold.

Second, it is important for Russia to keep a significant combat-ready contingent in Africa.

There are more than 2,000 Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic supporting the local

president. That is about three battalion-tactical groups made up of really high-quality resources.

There is a similar grouping in Libya. Russians are compactly deployed at two airbases in the country.

Representatives of Wagner Group also provide air cover over these areas with MiG-29.

Also the Wagner's fighters are present in Mozambique, Mali, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Angola,

Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar and Guinea, but in the number of up to one battalion-squad.

There is also information about the appearance of Wagner's fighters in Eritrea.

In total, there are up to 10,000 Russian mercenaries in Africa.

The second group of Wagners represents a professional core that survived in Russia.

They were not used as cannon fodder, but were kept within the second line in the combat zone,

or used as instructors in training camps in Russia, as well as in Belarus.

The third group were cons. The same cannon fodder that was used in Ukraine in the mode of

"slaughter". They are not even Wagners in the full sense of the word, because these combat

units have only one task - to be eliminated and take positions with their mortal bodies.

In other words - to become a point on the map, no more, no less.

Now the cons are out. Well, they ran out mostly after Soledar,

and now they are completely gone. Prigozhin cannot compensate for

these losses, because hiring in penal colonies is already closed for him,

and there are not many people willing to join the group to make up for the necessary losses.

At the same time, it is no longer Prigozhin who now commands the Bakhmut bridgehead,

but the regular army, and they are chasing the remaining Wagners in the first ranks for slaughter

in the same format as before. And who will they chase away if they run out of convicts? Of course

those who have been sitting in the second line all these months - the remnants of the backbone.

It is obvious that the remnants of the fighting potential of the Wagners,

its Russian group, are now being finished off in Bakhmut.

In fact, after Bakhmut, the Wagner group will never be the same as before,

and the Russian Defense Ministry is making maximum efforts to ensure that it is exactly the case.