 Russia uses former Wagner mercenaries as cannon fodder near Skadovskaya. The Russian Federation has reportedly relocated former fighters from the Wagner private military company to the temporarily occupied Skadovskaya according to the National Resistance Center of Ukraine. According to the center near the temporarily occupied Skadovskaya in the Kursan region, the Russians have set up a camp where former fighters of the Wagner group are located. According to underground sources, the former Wagner militants are now provided with anything. The logistical problems are entirely shifted onto so-called volunteers. Former mercenaries lack transportation and personal protection equipment. Currently, the command of the Russian occupation forces on site is determining the further deployment of these fighters. According to British intelligence, hundreds of fighters formerly associated with the Wagner group have started redeploying to Ukraine individually and in small groups to participate in the war as part of various Russian units. As stated, Mykhailo Podoliak, an advisor to the head of the office of the president, these remnants are filing gaps in the Bakhmut direction and the Wagner group itself no longer exists. Ilya Yevlash, the spokesperson for the Eastern Operational Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported that Wagner group mercenaries are present in the territory of the Eastern Operational Command. Currently, some of the mercenaries are negotiating contracts with the Russian military and returning to Ukraine from Belarus.