Not only Wagnerivtsi: The Defense Ministry told who opposed the Armed Forces in Bakhmut

In this direction, the Patriot PEC is associated with the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoig and other armed forces of the enemy. This was stated during the telecommunication by Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Malyar. According to her, the situation around Bakhmut is not simple, as the Russians concentrated large forces on this area. And in addition to the units of the regular army, there are mercenaries in this area of ​​the front.

"That is, it is necessary to understand that the Russians have a very large human resource that they can use, and they try to attract it, both on a regular basis and in these private armies," the Deputy Minister said. The painter noted that in general it is not necessary to underestimate the resources of the Russian Federation as a state, and even if the enemy cannot conduct hostilities with former intensity, it is enough resources to continue the war.

The first information about the armed formation of "Patriot" appeared after the events in Syria in 2018. According to the wiets of the Russian channel "Rain", the PVC is probably directly subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and is recruited, including personnel Russian servicemen. "For the most part, professional citizens who, according to our information, are still serving in the Ministry of Defense.

These are the current specialists of the General Directorate of the General Staff, and military lawyers, and the fighters of the forces of special operations,"-told the journalists, the Colonel-General in the retirement of Leonid Ivashiv.

For the execution of combat missions, the mercenaries of the Patriot are paid more than the Wagnets - depending on the complexity of the tasks and salaries, the salary can reach from 400 thousand to million rubles, and commanders can also receive a percentage of agreements between PECs and customers of its services.

It should be reminded that according to the Intelligence Report of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom of January 3, Russian units, including mercenaries from the Wagner group, will not be able to succeed in the Bakhmut area in the near future. On December 30, Lieutenant General of the US Army Lieutenant noted that the reputation of the head of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigogine, depends entirely on the result in Bakhmut.