Russian national Oleksiy Milchakov, who headed the "Rusich" neo-Nazi battalion fighting alongside Donbas militants, is now hired by "Wagner," Russia's major private military company, and deployed in Syria, according to the Russian outlet Fontanka, Ukrayinska Pravda reports.
"Looking at pictures of Wagner soldiers at the base near the Hayyan gas plant in the eastern Syrian province of Homs, Fontanka recognized someone familiar. Undoubtedly, it was Oleksiy Milchakov," the outlet writes, according to Ukrainska Pravda.
It is reported that a few months ago, answering a question on his current job, Milchakov said he was involved in the construction of the Kerch bridge to the occupied Crimea.
The publication also cites Milchakov's commentary on the withdrawal of the Rusich militant battalion from Donbas. He said that one of the reasons for that was the demand to sign a contract with the "armed forces of the 'DPR'", which he considered unacceptable.
"The group has fulfilled its task... We are waiting for the next war," he said.
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