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The private military company Wagner may become subordinate to the Russian Guard or the Russian Ministry of Defense and again pose a serious threat to the Ukrainian military.
Analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report this.
The main combat elements of the Wagner PMC are scattered across several countries: in Belarus, the Central African Republic, Libya and Mali, and there is no clear single leader of the group.
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On September 29, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin publicly supported the former commander PMC and current employee of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Troshev and stated that they discussed the formation of new volunteer units for the war in Ukraine.
Some Wagner militants reacted negatively to Putin’s support of Andrei Troshev. One of the Telegram channels associated with Wagner reported that the 25-year-old son of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Pavel Prigozhin, allegedly took command of the group.
It was also reported that Pavel Prigozhin is negotiating with the Russian Guard about the participation of Wagnerites in war in Ukraine.
A Russian source claims that Pavel Prigozhin is not an independent figure and is under the influence of the head of the Wagner security service, Mikhail Vatanin, which indicates a lack of support for the Kremlin candidacy of Troshev.
Another a source associated with Wagner said that the head of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, is considering the possibility of elements of the Wagner group joining the Russian Guard as a separate unit.
