register<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests Russian private military companies (Wagner, MAR, E.N.O.T Corp, Slavyansky korpus, Redut, and RSB) that have been… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-29452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","tag-russia"],"yoast_head":"\nMoscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests Russian private military companies (Wagner, MAR, E.N.O.T Corp, Slavyansky korpus, Redut, and RSB) that have been… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-24T02:38:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/euromaidanpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d9e91fd1a1523b3c7eebbee93de450a1\"},\"headline\":\"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-24T02:38:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":929,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/euromaidanpress.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Russia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Russia\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/\",\"name\":\"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/euromaidanpress.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-24T02:38:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d9e91fd1a1523b3c7eebbee93de450a1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/euromaidanpress.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/euromaidanpress.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire\",\"description\":\"Unpacking the Private Military Complex\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d9e91fd1a1523b3c7eebbee93de450a1\",\"name\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5560375f973ec1134100139d0a52efec4a10061bf9bf693121c8bedec08ef8e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5560375f973ec1134100139d0a52efec4a10061bf9bf693121c8bedec08ef8e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a5560375f973ec1134100139d0a52efec4a10061bf9bf693121c8bedec08ef8e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","og_description":"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests Russian private military companies (Wagner, MAR, E.N.O.T Corp, Slavyansky korpus, Redut, and RSB) that have been… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/","og_site_name":"Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","article_published_time":"2018-01-24T02:38:39+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/euromaidanpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#\/schema\/person\/d9e91fd1a1523b3c7eebbee93de450a1"},"headline":"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests","datePublished":"2018-01-24T02:38:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/"},"wordCount":929,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/euromaidanpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg","keywords":["Russia"],"articleSection":["Russia"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/","url":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/","name":"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/euromaidanpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-24T02:38:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#\/schema\/person\/d9e91fd1a1523b3c7eebbee93de450a1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/euromaidanpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/euromaidanpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Russian-private-military-companies-that-have-served-in-Putins-military-aggression-in-Ukraine-Image-screenshot-of-Radio-Svoboda-video.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/moscow-preparing-to-replace-its-forces-in-donbas-with-private-military-ones-kyiv-analyst-suggests\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with \u2018private\u2019 military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/","name":"Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","description":"Unpacking the Private Military Complex","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#\/schema\/person\/d9e91fd1a1523b3c7eebbee93de450a1","name":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5560375f973ec1134100139d0a52efec4a10061bf9bf693121c8bedec08ef8e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5560375f973ec1134100139d0a52efec4a10061bf9bf693121c8bedec08ef8e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5560375f973ec1134100139d0a52efec4a10061bf9bf693121c8bedec08ef8e?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"url":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phczRl-7F2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}