https://freerepublic.com/tag/72brigade/ en-us Tue, 6 Jun 2023 00:42:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4158645/posts Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group of mercenaries has captured a Russian commander, as the notorious leader further escalates his feud with the regular army. In a video posted on Prigozhin’s social media channels, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, the commander of Russia’s 72nd Brigade, tells an interrogator that, while drunk, he had ordered his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy. In the footage, which resembled clips of prisoner of war soldiers, Venevitin said he acted because of his “personal dislike” for Wagner and then apologised. Last week, Prigozhin accused the Russian army of trying to blow up his men as they... Guardian UK https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4158645/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2023 00:42:23 GMT