"I stopped recruiting in prisons" admits Wagner PMC Founder in Interview with WarGonzo (History Legends)

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner PMC explains the strategy to take Bakhmut, and why he stopped recruiting prisoners into the ranks.

Timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Bakhmut or Artyomovsk?
1:30 The Bakhmut "Meat Grinder"
4:50 Bakhmut facing encirclement
6:03 Wagner PR Doctrine
8:24 Structure of Wagner PMC Army
9:31 Problems with former inmates and recruitment procedure
15:18 Russian Military Strategy in Ukraine
16:46 Prisoners overexpose themselves in combat
19:21 Why Wagner stopped recruiting from prisons?
20:59 Were inmates used as cannon fodder?
23:37 Training process of new Wagner recruits
26:20 Conclusion



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, February 20, 2023.]