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…
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Wagner operation was indeed postponed on Ukraine president’s behalf, ex-intelligence chief says
Vasyl Burba, the former head of the Ukrainian intelligence service who was in charge of the failed sting…
Bellingcat finds Ukraine’s Wagner sting operation failed due to President’s Office interference
In late July 2020, Belarusian state-run media Belta reported on the arrest of 33 private military contractors of…
Ukrainian president admits special op to detain Wagner mercenaries existed, tells Ukraine was “drawn in” by other countries
In what appears to be a sensational confession during an interview with Ukrainian TV, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
The ‘Wagner Affair’ in Belarus and its implications for Ukraine
At the end of last year, former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (June 2014–May 2019) announced in an interview…
Wagner in Belarus: Ukrainian journalists cry treason as high officials suspected of blowing MID special op
On 29 July reports came from Belarus that the country’s secret service KGB arrested 33 Russian mercenaries from…
Belarus hands over 32 of 33 Russian Wagner mercenaries to Russia
Citing the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, Russian state media reported on August 14 that 32 of 33 Russian…
Russian occupation administrations in Donbas recruit militants for action at Belarusian-Russian border – NGO
The Russian occupation administrations in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region are recruiting militants for participating in “actions” outside Ukraine,…
Russian Wagner mercenaries arrested in Belarus: ‘little green men’ scenario, fighters in transit, or other?
What happened… The Wagner Group arrived in Minsk on the night of July 24-25; each man carried a…
Russian active-duty military fought against Ukraine in ranks of private military company: Media report
Charged by Russian law enforcers with theft, robbery, extortion, and banditry, members of the so-called Regional NGO United…
Ukrainian NGO collects data on 1,500 Russian “Wagner” mercenaries in Operation Trust remake
Read also: PMC Wagner is a unit of Russian military intelligence, mercs’ IDs show – SBU chief The…
PMC Wagner is a unit of Russian military intelligence, mercs’ IDs show – SBU chief
“Hybrid logistics” On 25 January, the SBU shared its materials claiming to have evidence that Russia delivers arms…
Kremlin rapidly losing control of ‘private military company’ story
Personnel of Russian private military companies, which are illegal according to Russian law, have appealed to the International…
Putin’s cook Prigozhin linked to attacks on Putin critics, bloggers
What is worse? To spread lies or to prevent others from telling the truth? The organization controlled by…
Russian mercenaries fighting in Ukraine and Syria decorated with state awards, cyber sleuths reveal
Read also: Wagner mercenaries: what we know about Putin’s private army in Donbas In early October, the SBU…
Russian private military companies proliferate ‘to make money on war’
Despite the fading of the Wagner private military company which attracted so much attention earlier because of evidence…
Who is who in Russian-run “Luhansk People’s Republic”
The local authorities of ORDLO (“certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts”, the official designation of the occupied…
Russia’s private military companies a more toxic form of Latin American death squads, Pastukhov says
Many countries have private military companies, Vladimir Pastukhov says; and there is no reason that Russia should not…
Moscow dispatches even more ‘private military companies’ to Syria and Africa
Moscow has now dispatched another of what it calls “a private military company” to fight in Syria, a…
New footage shows Russian PMC Wagner involved in crucial 2015 Debaltseve battle in Ukraine
PMC Wagner is a Russian private military company that has been recruiting and sending its soldiers, who are mostly…
