Wagner PMC plans to capture Krasnodar

The Wagner private military company (PMC) is planning to take over Krasnodar, Russia National Guard (Rosgvardiya) main directorate in the unrecognised “Donetsk People's Republic” Deputy Aleksandr Khodakovsky said.

He made the statement on his Telegram channel, according to Gazeta.ru.

"According to reports from the rebel milieu - the plans of the Wagner leadership also include the capture of Krasnodar," Khodakovsky wrote.

He said most of the rank and file of the PMC were not informed about the command staff plans.

Khodakovsky claims that they were told about the redeployment to defend the Belgorod region, due to which "they were quite surprised with the course of events”.