OREANDA-NEWS Andrei Kolesnik, a member of the State Duma Defense Committee, spoke about the presence of the American private military company (PMCs) Forward Observation Group in the Kursk region. In a conversation with Lenta.<url>" the deputy expressed confidence that this PMCs will eventually be demilitarized by Russian forces.

Earlier, the Forward Observation Group was noticed among the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) who are involved in the attack on the Kursk region. The Forward Observation Group itself posted on Instagram (a social network banned in Russia; owned by Meta, a recognized extremist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) (a social network banned in Russia; owned by Meta, a recognized extremist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) a photo with its mercenaries. In the footage with the caption "guys in Kursk", the military poses against the background of an HMMWV armored vehicle as part of a group of Ukrainian fighters.

"The United States solves its problems with the hands of private military companies. (...) PMCs are needed in order to hide the presence and interest. It is clear that the United States is involved in the conflict, but formally they seem to be out of business," Kolesnik said.

The PMCs itself declined to comment, citing a ban from Kiev.