Evgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Russian private military company Wagner Group, said that the group’s mercenaries participating in the fighting in Ukraine do not sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense, and to formalize the organization of volunteers. It pushed back the new demands of the government side aimed at.
The Ministry of Defense on Tuesday ordered volunteers to sign contracts by July 1. It said it was working to provide legal status, social protection, and support measures for volunteers and their families. However, Prigozin said in a Telegram post on Monday that orders and decrees from Defense Minister Shoigu concerned only Defense Ministry staff and soldiers, not Wagner.
The Defense Department did not detail what would happen if the contract was not signed.
Amid an escalating feud between Mr. Prigozhin and the Russian military, he once criticized defense ministry officials for the consequences of Putin’s war goals and their response to Ukrainian cross-border attacks before moving to battleground Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. There is a history of announcing that the troops will be withdrawn from
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