Home/Videos/Kremlin’s Big Announcement; This Ex-Prigozhin Aide Will Handle Volunteer Fighting Units In Ukraine
Kremlin’s Big Announcement; This Ex-Prigozhin Aide Will Handle Volunteer Fighting Units In Ukraine
Published on Sep 29, 2023 08:34 pm IST
Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked a former aide of late Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, Andrei Troshev, to oversee volunteer fighter units in Ukraine.The meeting, also attended by Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, underlined the integration of fighters from the mercenary group into Russia's regular military in the wake of Prigozhin's aborted mutiny in June. Troshev is a retired colonel, comes from Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg and is a decorated veteran of Kremlin military campaigns in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria. Watch this video to know more.
{{^htLoading}} {{/htLoading}}