Wagner Group employs 'Trumpian tactics' in bizarre video that appears aimed at recruiting US veterans to fight for Russia, historian says

Mon, 02/13/2023 - 17:00

Men dressed in Russian military fatigues stand in front of a door with a giant W in front of it. — Visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the 'PMC Wagner Centre', which is associated with businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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A bizarre Russian-subtitled video appears to be trying to recruit US soldiers to fight in Ukraine.
The State Department said Wagner Group's founder had claimed responsibility for the video.
The Russian paramilitary group said this week that it had stopped recruiting Russian prisoners.

Russia may have its sights set on a new and unexpected crop of military recruits to aid its struggling war efforts in Ukraine: United States veterans.