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23. Sir Mike Jackson

Battleground

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How Does Wagner Fit Into the Command Structure?

Sore: It's amazing that we know so little really about how Wagner works, given the prominence he's getting in the story. Why do the Wagner guys actually fight their mercenaries? No matter how much they get paid, surely it can't compensate for the risks they're taking of death or being maimed. These are all things that we don't really have any answers to. Have you got any thoughts on that, Sore? Well, yes, one thought is they've got no option. I mean, they've been told that if they try and retreat or they surrender to the enemy, they're going to be shot. This is classic second world war tactics. There's

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