Putin meets former Wagner commander Andrei Troshev
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, met Andrei Troshev, formerly a top Wagner mercenary commander, to discuss how voluntary fighting units are used in the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said on Friday, Reuters reports.
The meeting underscored the Kremlin’s attempt to show that the state had now gained control over the mercenary group after a failed June mutiny by the Wagner chief Yevgeny…