Their support for the Russian president Vladimir Putin expressed soldiers of the 155th Marine Brigade, at least according to a video that saw the light of day. They appear masked, armored and fully equipped, ready for battle.

This is an elite unit, with both sides, Putin and Prigozhin, to be in absolute need the support of the Russian army, and especially the elite units.

With Wagner’s mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin seemed to favor earlier the 217th Guards Parachute Battalion of Russia. A man of the order made the announcement in a video that saw the light of day on social media.

“We are with you, we support you to take revenge on Putin, we have been through a lot… we are putting our backs to take revenge” says the soldier in the video addressing Wagner’s mercenaries, among other things. The 217th Guards Parachute Battalion of Russia is an elite unit.

Russian soldiers set up battle positions with machine gun emplacements on the southwest edge of Moscow, according to photos from Vedomosti newspaper