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Dimitri is a colleague of putin. fontanka published what it says is the only known photo of him. nbc could not verify the image. according to various reports, g the short hand for putin's mercenaries is allegedly tributed to hitler's favorite composure which is ironic because the reason for putin to invade ukraine is denazify ukraine. it is a convenient claim of probability and controlling the forces with zero accountability. they first emerged in 2014 when they were deployed by russia to help fight the ukrainian army in east ukraine. they were there to help russia an next crimea. they have an...

Buildings, maternity hospitals, more than 31 medical facilities that had been verified probably more once there is more access granted. so it is historic as anything i've seen in my life and career. >> do you think that the impunity with which russia has been allowed to operate in places like syria, the fact their mercenaries operated in zimbabwe. there is no repercussions for bashar al-assad with the help of russian forces. do you think that that impunity communicated in someway to putin that he could get away with this and that might be the problem, that he needs to be personally sanctioned ...

Insignia on them, that they had nothing to do with them. but what we do know about the wagner group that they are closely enmeshed with russian militias -- russian intelligence, and the u.s. government has called them a proxy for the russian military. so there is a strong relationship there. and they've been known, as you say, to pop up in syria, across africa now to advance the kremlin's strategic objectives in these countries, but whilst maintaining this dip plausible deniability so, if things go wrong, like a dust for this group, they can wash their hands. >> where do they come from? if the...

Themselves. they tend to be older than your as usual conscript, they're in their late 30s and 40s. a taken from smaller cities across russia where times are hard, where times are tough and people are looking for money. and wagner pays very handsomely. their pay between two and $3,000 which is big money and russia each month. so a lot of these people are ex military who have the skills we're looking to make money. >> they sound like the mercenaries that we have seen, groups in the united states, groups that i guess have the same background. how can they theoretically be used? because it does se...