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Jul 23, 2024 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
1/ Former Wagner mercenaries, their families, and ex-members of other Russian mercenary and volunteer units are reportedly being left "on the brink of poverty" without employment, assistance or prosthetics, despite Russia creating a fund to help ex-soldiers. ⬇️ Image
2/ According to the pro-Kremlin Russian blogger Anastasia Kashevarova, the new Russian Defence Minister, Andrey Belousov, has said that ex-Wagner fighters are now being issued with the Veteran of Combat Operations Certificate (UVBD). This entitles them to state benefits. Image
3/ Former Wagnerites have been complaining for a long time that the Russian MOD was not issuing them with UVBDs, despite qualifying for them. However, as Kashevarova notes, being given a UVBD "is not a guarantee of rehabilitation, prosthetics and employment".
4/ She comments: "Many guys found themselves on the brink of poverty. They are amputees, they have no work, they have no payments, since the company [Wagner] no longer exists." Many ex-Wagnerites have had difficulty finding new jobs.
5/ In April 2023, Vladimir Putin established the Defenders of the Fatherland State Fund (FZO) to help ex-soldiers. However, Kashevarova says, "Despite the statements of the FZO, there is no help from them yet. In fact, the FZO with a colossal budget issues only crusts."
6/ The situation is worse for other groups. The families of dead Wagnerites are still not receiving posthumous UVBD certificates, which would provide a degree of compensation for their loss. Ex-members of other mercenary and volunteer units are also being denied help.
7/ Despite being full members of the Russian army, members of Storm V and Z assault units face the same situation. Kashevarova says they get "minimal payments and no insurance [for injuries or death]". Image
8/ Why, she asks, does the Defenders of the Fatherland Fund have "a huge staff, why a large number of premises, why purchase equipment and other things," if it is only for "luxury and posturing" and not for "real help"? /end

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"The transfer of operational information from the bottom up in the Russian Ministry of Defence and the Russian Armed Forces is accompanied by a consistent transformation of the initial data as it moves up the chain of command."
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"Our next item to collect is body bags for our fallen comrades.

As hard as it is for us, and it's always hard for me to write about it, the guys have an urgent need for them."
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Friends, remember we started a fundraiser for bags for our fallen comrades.

We managed to collect and purchase 500 bags. The bags were purchased and delivered to the guys.
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