Vladimir Putin has ordered the merciless paramilitary organisation Wagner Group to scale down its operations on the front lines in Ukraine over fears it is becoming "too powerful".
The Wagner Group’s founder and head Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly stopped recruitment drives and will be pulling his troops out in the coming weeks, according to sources who spoke to The Mirror.It is understood the 50,000-strong group of soldiers, many of whom were recruited from Russian prisons, will be replaced by regular Russian soldiers who will take up their position in the eastern part of Ukraine.READ MORE: Russian Wagner Group fighter beaten to death with sledgehammer in horror execution clip More than 300,000 troops are expected to flood the front lines of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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