“...comprised of Russian defectors and volunteers...”
Neither do the Russians have any pity for this sort.
https://rumble.com/v1wwl54-wagner-pmc-has-100-k-regulars-around-the-world.-1-deserted-to-kiev-and-then.html
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Whereas if your are a Ukrainian soldier and desert or attempt to defect, you get shot.....
By the Russians?