Russia’s Wagner Group said it trains civilians in regions bordering Ukraine. According to the founder of the paramilitary organization, Yevgeny Prigozhin, they are forming new militias and building fortifications to guard the borders.

“Wagner will help people in the border areas build infrastructure, train and organize militias.” Prigozhin claims that large groups of people are already “ready to defend their country”.

And it will mainly concern the Belgorod and Kursk regions, which, according to Moscow, have been regularly under fire in recent months. The Russians accuse the Ukrainian army of attacking towns near the border with Kharkiv.