A Russian insider source claimed officials are preparing to redeploy some former Wagner Group elements serving in Africa Corps to Belgorod Oblast.
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A Russian insider source claimed that Russian officials are preparing to redeploy some former Wagner Group elements serving in Africa Corps to Belgorod Oblast
The Kremlin plans to relocate certain members of the former Wagner Group from Africa to Belgorod Oblast
The Kremlin believes that GRU Lieutenant General Andrei Averyanov failed to meet deadlines for the development of the Russian Ministry of Defense-controlled Africa Corps
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