African former rebels recruited as mercenaries by the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group have been abandoned in Ukraine, a report says
"Former rebels from the Central African Republic who were recruited by Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine have been left without money, food, or ammunition, according to a report by
The Daily Beast.
One source – a CAR former rebel fighter working for the Wagner Group but was not sent to Ukraine – told The Daily Beast that
his colleagues in Ukraine said they had been left to fight on their own and are having to "steal from civilians" to survive.
"They haven't been paid for months and they can't even feed themselves," the source said.
A second source, also from a CAR Wagner Group recruit, told the outlet that his fellow soldiers-for-hire in Ukraine said
they'd been abandoned by their Russian commanders and were fearful for their lives."
"They've told me that they
don't even have ammunition to fight," he said.
"Some of them have not been seen by their colleagues for months."
African former rebels recruited as mercenaries by the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group have been abandoned in Ukraine, a report says (msn.com)
Wagner will send anyone they want to fight in Ukraine... They just don't send anyone they want to come back.