PMC Wagner plays a “special operation” not such a key role as to dictate its conditions, a member of the State Duma committee on defense, Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev, told the Russian media.
Commenting on the appeal of the Wagnerians criticizing the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Sobolev noted that the military leadership of the Russian Federation sees shortcomings and decides them. And the Wagner PMC, in his opinion, had to be put in place for a long time. He recalled that by law, private military companies in Russia are prohibited.
“Criticism of those who organize hostilities is unacceptable. Everyone imagines himself a strategist, seeing a fight from the outside. Though not from the side, but let’s be honest and frank – he has a private military company, and this is illegal. Yes, yes, yes, They are on our side, we close our eyes, but this, I repeat, is illegal, ”said Sobolev.
According to him, the Ministry of Defense sees all problems and solves them. “It was necessary for a long time to put Wagner’s PMC in place: they don’t play the same role in the special operation zone in order to dictate their conditions. Puting themselves above others is unacceptable,” added Lieutenant General.
earlier a video has spread on the network, where the Russian military, which, is supposedly located on the front line of the front near Bakhmut, recorded a video message to the head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov. In it, they are obscenely demanding that they give them shells. In one of the speakers, the Wagner PMC is visible. Some Russian media said that this video is a provocation of “Ukrainian nationalists.”