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Plausible Deniability or Strategic Liability? The Paradox of Russian Private Military Companies in Ukraine (2014–2024)
Sat, April 25, 3:20 to 4:50pm CDT (3:20 to 4:50pm CDT), TBABrief Overview
Russian PMCs provided Moscow deniability in Ukraine. Their brutality and the 2023 Wagner mutiny, however, exposed them as a strategic liability, challenging state control and undermining Russia's war efforts and military coherence.
