Ex-Wagner fighters create detachment within Chechen special forces

Kamerton unit has been created from among former Wagner PMC fighters within the Chechen special forces named Akhmat, said the deputy commander of the detachment with the call sign “011”, Report informs via Russian media.

The unit is said to include PMC commanders, an armored group, artillerymen and assault groups. The crews of the armored groups are 100% former employees of the Wagner PMC.

Approximately 60% of the assault units consist of former Wagner employees, including commanders, said the deputy detachment commander.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, reported at the end of October that 170 Wagner fighters, as well as a group of former PMC medical workers, had joined Akhmat.