ISW: Russian military units competing amongst each other over influence even before supposed success

Wagner Group forces, Sparta Battalion, as well as the Kaskad and Rusich Operational Tactical Combat Formations are likely competing amongst each other for envisioned favor from the Kremlin, Report informs referring to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

“A Wagner-affiliated milblogger claimed the elements of the 150th and 20th Motorized Rifle Divisions (8th Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District) and the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) are primarily responsible for the gains around Marinka. The milblogger claimed that the DNR’s 100th Brigade, Sparta Battalion, and the Kaskad and Rusich Operational Tactical Combat Formations deserve responsibility for gains around Marinka as well.”