Prigozhin deprived of access to convicts. Now Shoigu is their commander-in-chief

Prigozhin's convicts are being taken over by the Russian Defense Ministry. What does this mean for us?

The nightly meeting of the Russian Security Council was apparently (at least partially) devoted to Wagner PMC. As a result, Prigozhin was forced to announce that he was no longer recruiting convits.

“The Russian Ministry of Defense will now be in charge of recruiting convicts, and thus they will try avoid mobilization for a while”

At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense will now be in charge of recruiting convicts, and thus they will try to avoid mobilization for a while. Moreover, unlike Prigozhin, who followed the path of relatively voluntary recruitment, the Russian Defense Ministry, from what we can already see, will try to follow the "voluntary-compulsory" path and, indeed, in a relatively short period of time will be able to recruit from 50,000 to 100,000 convicts. This, of course, will not radically change the situation at the front line, but it will delay the mobilization itself. Plus, unlike Wagner, it is not yet clear to what extent the Defense Ministry will be able to build ultra-strict discipline in these units. But these are details.

“The basis of the entire military strategy for the near future will be "Bakhmut-2," when Russia will cover certain sections of the front line with its corpses”

What do we need to realize? The basis of the entire military strategy for the coming period will be "Bakhmut-2," when Russia will cover certain sections of the front line with its corpses, trying not so much to capture something as to inflict maximum damage on our soldiers.

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About the author: Vadym Denysenko, political scientist.

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