"David P." <
imbibe@mindspring.com> wrote:
Wagner Mercenaries Enter the Spotlight as Russian Troops Struggle in
Ukraine
By Yaroslav Trofimov, Aug. 18, 2022, WSJ
In May, Italian TV journalists asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov about the role Wagner Group, a private military company, was
playing as Moscow began its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas
area.
He dismissed the question. Wagner, he said, wasn’t deployed in Ukraine and had no connection to the Russian state.
But, according to Ukrainian commanders, Wagner’s fighters have proven indispensable in Russia’s few successes in Donbas. Once ordered to
minimize Wagner’s role, Russia’s official media is awash with
reportage about the heroic exploits of the company, which likes to
call itself the “orchestra” and its soldiers “musicians.”
[…[
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wagner-mercenaries-enter-the-spotlight-as-russian-troops-struggle-in-ukraine-11660826515
<irony> Isn't it "a more full war capitalism"? Shouldn't US follow
Russia lead in "war privatization"? </irony>
What's your/WSJ key point/accusation?" Could you spell it directly
*in short form* ? I do not dare to guess it wrong.
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