The russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) likely supervises and finances the group’s activities, including its recruitment.
Since the start of the invasion, Redut has been involved in combat operations in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Luhansk oblasts. The group highly likely has over 7,000 personnel, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
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At present, Redut is one of a number of PMCs and Volunteer Corps units being utilised by the russian Ministry of Defence to augment russian regular forces.
It is a realistic possibility that the russian Ministry of Defence’s practise of recruiting through “volunteer” units has contributed to russia avoiding further unpopular mobilisations.
As Defense Express reported, russia is well-prepared for a large-scale mobilization wave.
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