The announcement on his behalf states that recruitment is underway for the newly formed separate volunteer reconnaissance assault brigade Vostok. It is expected that this will be the largest unit, consisting of former fighters of the Wagner PMC with a strength of about 3.5 thousand people. 
For example: in the Kamerton detachment, which was formed on the basis of the Akhmat special forces, there are up to 1 thousand former “musicians”. About the same number of souls were agitated by commander Ratibor, who went to Akhmat, and commander Lotos, who, after an unsuccessful bravado in the Cossack camps, remained under the wing of the Russian Guard.
The backbone of the East consists of people from the 3rd assault detachment, commanded by Zombie, and the so-called “kashniks” – former prisoners who entered into a contract with PMCs. Recruitment is carried out only from mercenaries who fought under the banner of Wagner.
It turns out that this will be the second group of former “musicians” under the auspices of the Russian Guard, just as two groups of mercenaries from the Wagner PMC and several other formations in all directions of the world were formed on the basis of the Chechen security forces: Akhmat-north, Akhmat- south and so on.
It is noteworthy that Zombie, a Hero of Russia and a five-time holder of the Order of Courage (Wagner, Dmitry Utkin, had six orders), in an interview denied any authority other than the PMC. He stated that none of the fighters from his SHO have signed or intend to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense.
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