The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgueni Prigozhin, has confirmed that the paramilitary company has stopped recruiting new fighters by no longer fighting in the Ukrainian War.
“At the moment, we do not have a staff deficit and we do not plan to recruit,” Prigozhin argued in an audio broadcast by Telegram channels associated with Wagner.
He adds that right now the date of the restart of the recruitment of the group is unknown, which during the fighting in Ukraine was supplied to a large extent by convicts and ex-convicts, of whom some 20,000 would have died.
However, he has assured that “when the Fatherland requires it”, the Wagnerites, who until recently were the main Russian assault force in Ukraine, will once again create an “additional unit” to defend national interests.
Meanwhile, the group will continue its activities in Africa and Belarus, the country to which Prigozhin moved after the failed armed rebellion against the Kremlin last June.
The Gayun research project previously confirmed the presence of more than 3,500 Wagner militiamen in Belarus.
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