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Murderers and sex offenders are told they can become war heroes - or be executed for desertion - in footage showing Putin's 'chef' recruiting prisoners to join Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine
2022-09-16
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Prisoners will be pardoned if they survive six months, promised Wagner chief

  • They should take their own lives, and not be taken prisoner in Ukraine, he said

  • Those who fled or expressed doubts after joining would be shot dead, he warns

  • Yevgeny Prigozhin, 61, told the inmates they had 'five minutes to decide'
Related:
Yevgeny Prigozhin: 2022-08-16 Ukraine hits base of Russian paramilitary group Wagner
Yevgeny Prigozhin: 2022-08-15 Ukraine 'blows up Wagner HQ in Donbas' after Russian propagandist gave away its location and 'revealed mercenary group's owner dubbed ‘’Putin's Chef’’ was there'
Yevgeny Prigozhin: 2022-08-15 Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief August 14th (updated)
Posted by:Skidmark

#15  ....and maintains a large agent network in Washington, D.C.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-16 11:29  

#14  Wagner operates in several countries.
Posted by: Dale   2022-09-16 11:22  

#13  Exactly correct Griter.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-16 11:21  

#12  Wagner operates in several countries.
Posted by: Dale   2022-09-16 11:21  

#11  French Legionnaires.
Posted by: Dale   2022-09-16 11:20  

#10  Wagner likes to recruit from Zaslon, Vympl and Smersh units the same way Constellis likes to recruit from US Tier 1 units. Both round out with combat vets who have honorable discharges. And both still need all the logistics, support personnel with slightly lower credentials. Competitive units to join - they need to weed out the big mouth bozos before they deploy. You might want to learn a bit more about PMCs Rob before commenting on same
Posted by: Griter Slash1619   2022-09-16 10:52  

#9  I thought that was the reason they sent the Wagner Group Nazis.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-09-16 10:14  

#8  What pro would want known slackers on their flank.

Well, there are mine fields to clear.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-16 09:12  

#7  Russia's Wagner boss: It's prisoners fighting in Ukraine, or your children
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-16 09:11  

#6  Wagner are pros? When did that happen?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-09-16 09:09  

#5  I see Wagner ad a Constellis peer - this doesn’t make sense. What pro would want known slackers on their flank. Maybe one of the other Russian PMCs … selecting for demining troops or a penal construction group (which the Russians had in WW2).
Posted by: Griter Slash1619   2022-09-16 08:38  

#4  Shipped off to slaughter: 400 murderers and sex offenders are seen being sent from prison to Ukraine after agreeing to fight in Putin's war in return for a pardon... if they survive
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-16 08:08  

#3  Old tanks, old artillery, old organizations.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-09-16 07:53  

#2  I just don't see a live version of The Dirty Dozen here...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-09-16 06:34  

#1  @RALee85: Baza reports that >8 prison transport trucks are transporting 400 prisoners in Tambov to a training area in southern Russia (possibly Wagner’s base in Molkino) likely before going to Ukraine. They say 10-12 prison trucks were seen in Belgorod last night.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-09-16 05:44  

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