US weighing a terrorism label for Putin ally Prigozhin’s Wagner Group mercenaries – Bloomberg sources
The Biden administration is weighing whether to label Russia’s Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization as part…
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New Russian PMC to compete with Prigozhin’s Wagner, recruit criminals – Ukraine’s intelligence
Russia has a new prison “administrator” for Russian and Russian-occupied territories who is tasked with creating a new…
Russian prisoner numbers fall by a record 23,000 amid Wagner PMC recruitment campaign
The number of male convicts in Russian jails has fallen by a record 23,000, the Russian independent media…
Executed Wagner POW agreed to be exchanged voluntarily – Ukrainian President’s Office
A Wagner POW Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, allegedly killed by fellow mercenaries had agreed to return to Russia voluntarily,…
Wagner POW who surrendered to Ukraine executed by his own with sledgehammer
Russian Telegram channels have published a video allegedly showing a mercenary of the Wagner private military company (PMC)…
Military company Wagner continues to form military structures in Belgorod, Kursk regions, Russia
Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report that the private military company “Wagner”, managed…
Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits interfering in US elections
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Kremlin-linked oligarch – known as “Vladimir Putin’s chef” indirectly admitted to interfering in the US elections, Ukrainska…
Russia’s Wagner Group financier Prigozhin continues to rely on ineffective convicts to staff his forces – ISW
Prigozhin declined to comment on a reporter’s question regarding ongoing recruitment drives at Krasnoyarsk Krai penal colonies, despite…
At least 458 Russian prisoners recruited for war by Wagner Group died in Ukraine and received medals — The Insider
In total, by mid-October, the Russian Private Military Company (PCM) Wagner, which recruited prisoners for war in Ukraine,…
Wagner owner Prigozhin likely trying to burnish his credibility within Russia’s security system – British Intel
Owner of Russia’s private military company Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin is “likely trying to burnish his credibility” within Russia’s…
Wagner financier Prigozhin becoming political force in Russia – ISW
In their assessment, the Institute for Study of War (ISW) notes that Wagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin is establishing…
Wagner Deputy Chief of Staff killed in Ukraine – military unit
Ukrainian soldiers from the Khort Special Forces have eliminated the Deputy Chief of Staff of the “Wagner” PMC,…
Wagner PMC recruits Russian criminals and convicts for war in Ukraine
On August 14, the Ukrainian town of Popasna (Luhansk Oblast) was hit by US-produced and Ukraine-operated M142 HIMARS…
Intercept shows Russia behind Olenivka prison explosion that killed POWs; Wagner PMC involved – Ukrainian SBU, intelligence
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) have said Russia is behind the explosion that…
Moscow Patriarchate moved into Africa to provide cover for FSB officers and PMCs, not to punish anyone over Ukraine, Horyevoy says
The Moscow Patriarchate has insisted and most people have accepted the idea that Kirill has expanded the presence…
EU greenlights sanctions against Russia’s Wagner private military company: media
In mid-November, the European Union’s foreign ministers agreed to develop a framework for possible sanctions against Russian mercenaries.…
Thousands in Kyiv demand resignation of Zelenskyy and his office’s chief
On the evening of December 1, central Kyiv was full of protests. Their organizers claimed the mass protests…
Ukrainian state invalidated passports of intelligence agents behind Wagner sting operation – journo investigation
The large-scale special operation of Ukrainian intelligence to lure out militants of Russia’s Wagner private military company has…
Zelenskyy claims planned coup attempt, denies Yermak postponed Wagner operation, blames journalists: takeaways from 5-hour press marathon
Plotted coup d’état and oligarch Akhmetov The Ukrainian president said that a coup plotted against has been planned…
EU parliament says Russia should bear responsibility for crimes of Wagner mercenaries, welcomes sanctions
On 25 November, the European Parliament adopted n a non-binding resolution welcoming imminent EU sanctions against the Wagner…