The Russian leader met with Andrei Troshev, formerly a senior figure in the mercenary group, the Kremlin said Friday.
At a meeting late Thursday, Putin told Troshev that he"will be involved in the formation of volunteer units that can perform various combat missions, primarily, of course, in the zone of a special military operation," the Kremlin said, using the term it insists on calling its war in Ukraine.
On Friday Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told Russian news agency RIA that Troshev now worked for the ministry of defense. At the time, many experts predicted its fighters would ultimately be reabsorbed into Russia’s regular fighting force, which is battling a Ukrainian counteroffensive ahead of winter.
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