Wagner mercenaries were on Thursday reported to be trying to head back into Russia after threatening retaliation over the suspected killing of their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash on the orders of Vladimir Putin. “The convoys are likely heading towards the border with Russia,” the centre...
The Wagner group are absolutely not Ukraine sympathizers. They’re just another group within Russia with the same ultimate goal as the current regime; they just want to be the ones in charge. Nothing would change if the Wagner group were in power in Moscow.
There is a zero percent chance of them being in control of Moscow. They failed last time with their leader alive and Putin has had a month to prepare for any further attempts.
I think the optics and honestly morale of their own people would be bad if they recruited Wagner. Even with the situation, it's really not an "enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation when that enemy was involved in genociding your own people.