Putin meets with Wagner commander to set up additional volunteer units to fight in Ukraine | DW News

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with former senior officer Andrei Troshev, who played a leading role in the Wagner group. It comes a month after the mysterious death of former Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a short-lived mutiny against Moscow. The military draft has been unpopular in Russia.  Any increase in the number of Wagner mercenaries on the ground could ease the pressure on conscripts.

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