Wagner mercenary group commences recruitment of military police in occupied Ukraine

Agency Report

The Wagner mercenary group of Russia has advertised for recruitment of military police in occupied Ukraine.
An online job advertisements posted by the private army and reports by independent media outlets, shared on the Russian social media website VKontakte, the private military company said it was looking to hire former law enforcement and special forces employees “with experience in detentions” for six-month contract work.
According to the post, “The work will be interesting, you can be rest assured.”
The job advertiser promises to pay a generous monthly salary of 240,000 rubles ($2,900) as well as performance-based bonuses.

The independent news outlet Vyorstka said it contacted Wagner’s recruitment hotline by phone and inquired about the scope of the work.
A Wagner recruiter, who identified himself by only his first name Denis, was cited to have said: “[Hirees will] make sure there are no thieves and looters, no beatings, drunkenness, and so on.”
He disclosed that recruits will also be assigned the responsibilities of capturing and interrogating members of Ukrainian sabotage units.
Denis was cited to have said, “We’ll call it military police.”
On the recruitment campaign’s progress, he declared: “Russia is big, we get calls from all over the country, you wouldn’t believe it.”
Wagner had in late May, withdrew its fighters from eastern Ukraine’s Bakhmut, days after the group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed full control of the war-ravaged city.
Prigozhin had at the time, said that his mercenaries would “receive new tasks” after regrouping.

* The Moscow Times