Wagner's departure does not impact Moscow's combat potential - Russian lawmaker

The Wagner Group's departure from Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine does not impact Russia's combat potential, TASS cited Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, who chairs Russia's lower house of parliament's defence committee, as saying on Monday.

The influential lawmaker told the state-owned TASS agency that the Russian regular army has been able to repulse Ukraine's new offensive without Wagner fighters.

"No new wave of mobilisation will be required," Kartapolov said.