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☆ Ukraine sees bloody battle for Bakhmut as chance to wipe out Wagner's army of convicts
  + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Wagner Group is increasingly relying on its professional recruits as inmates flounder in Bakhmut. Wagner soldiers have played an outsized role in the battle of Bakhmut thus far. Meanwhile, US intelligence from December suggested an estimated 10,000 professional Russian soldiers, the majority of whom are veterans, were also acting as Wagner soldiers alongside the former inmates. A mural depicting mercenaries of Russia's Wagner Group that reads: "Wagner Group - Russian knights." Despite rumors that Ukraine was preparing to withdraw from Bakhmut, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he would send further reinforcements to the city.
☆ Ukraine is vowing to defend 'fortress' Bakhmut as Russian forces surround it: Here are 3 reasons why
  + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +9 min
Ukrainian infantrymen with the 28th Brigade view damaged buildings while driving to a frontline position facing Russian troops on March 05, 2023 outside of Bakhmut, Ukraine. Russian forces appear to be tightening the noose around the city in Donetsk. "The fall of Bakhmut won't necessarily mean that the Russians have changed the tide of this fight," he added, noting that he would not predict when Bakhmut might fall to Russian forces. Ukrainian military vehicles drive along a road outside of the strategic city of Bakhmut on January 18, 2023 in Bakhmut, Ukraine. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy warned that Russian troops will have "open road" to key cities in eastern Ukraine if they seize Bakhmut.
☆ Russia's entire front line will collapse if it doesn't take Bakhmut, says mercenary boss, accusing regular army of starving his troops of ammo
  + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Yevgeny Prigozhin said the Russian front line will collapse if Wagner Group men don't hold Bakhmut. In a video circulated over the weekend, he called for more support from the regular Russian army. "If Wagner retreats from Bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse," he said, per Reuters' translation of a video that appeared online over the weekend. Prigozhin went on to complain about "shell hunger" and a lack of support from the Russian army. He has stoked a long-running feud with Russia's regular army leaders over support for his fighters and credit for their role in the war.
☆ Wagner Group's turn from prison recruitment could be effort to tap soldiers who might balk at 'serving with rapists and murderers,' historian says
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary organization, has stopped recruiting prisoners for the war. An expert in Russian history told Insider the move could be an attempt to recruit more competent fighters. "It was people deciding they would take their chances dying in Ukraine as opposed to dying in a Russian prison." While Prigozhin's quest for influence is well-documented, it's also entirely possible that Wagner ceased its prison recruitment efforts simply because the well had run dry, Miles said. The group could look to other war-torn countries where experienced soldiers might fight for pay, Miles said.
☆ Wagner Group stops recruiting prisoners as growing numbers refuse to be enlisted on suicide missions, reports say
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Wagner Group has stopped recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine, its founder said Thursday. One prisoner told Meduza they no longer want "even to discuss the possibility" of joining the war. "One of the prisoners who left [with Wagner Group] told me that after he asked [Wagner] representatives how much training there would be, [they told him], 'The battlefield will be your training.' Russian prisoners for Wagner also said they've witnessed public executions of deserters and those who failed to obey orders. The mercenary organization has now "completely" stopped recruiting prisoners, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a Telegram statement on Thursday.
☆ Putin is pardoning thieves, hit men, and murderers so that they can go to fight in Ukraine, Kremlin admits
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Kremlin admitted on Friday that Putin is giving pardons to convicts who fight in Ukraine. Murderers and hit men have signed up, and would be released after fighting for just six months. Wagner Group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was seen congratulating one newly-freed batch in January. The Wagner Group is a private army run by Yevgeny Prigozhin, and notorious for its brutality. Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin addresses former convicts released after serving in Ukraine, according to Russian state-controlled media.
☆ U.S. toughens sanctions against Russia's Wagner mercenary group
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Daphne Psaledakis Steve Holland | Daphne Psaledakis | Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday stepped up sanctions against the Wagner Group, labeling the Russian mercenary company fighting in Ukraine as a transnational criminal organization responsible for widespread human rights abuses. The U.S. Treasury Department, as part of action targeting dozens of people and entities in an effort to degrade Russia's ability to wage the war, said it designated Wagner Group as a "significant transnational criminal organization" on Thursday. It had previously designated Wagner under its Russia and Ukraine sanctions programs. "These images were gathered in order to enable Wagner combat operations in Ukraine," Treasury said. He said the United States assesses Wagner has about 50,000 personnel deployed to Ukraine, including 40,000 convicts recruited from Russian prisons.
☆ Putin's favorite mercenary leader may be preparing to justify a failure in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
A rivalry between Russia's military and Wagner Group mercenaries has come to the fore in Ukraine. Indeed, with curses and excuses, Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group and President Vladimir Putin's favorite mercenary leader, may be preparing to justify a failure in one of the fiercest battles of the war: Bakhmut. Rivalry exposedA mural in Belgrade that praises the Wagner group and its mercenaries fighting in Ukraine. Prigozhin was quick to criticize them — another instance of the mercenary leader's long-running challenge to Russia's military leadership. But with tens of thousands of fighters in Ukraine, Prigozhin doesn't seem phased.
☆ The company used by Putin to put 50,000 Russian mercenaries in Ukraine will be deemed a 'transnational criminal organization' by the US
  + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The US will designate Russia's Wagner Group a "transnational criminal organization." The military contractor has committed "atrocities and human rights abuses" in Ukraine, it added. The Wagner Group, which is closely linked to the Kremlin, has about 10,000 mercenaries and 40,000 former prisoners deployed in Ukraine. Its forces were responsible for "atrocities and human rights abuses," according to National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. Wagner mercenaries have also been accused by the United Nations and Human Rights Watch of committing human rights abuses in a number of African nations, including the Central African Republic, Libya and Mali.
☆ Putin's military command reshuffle reveals a power struggle at the heart of the Ukraine war
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin's latest reshuffle of the top brass in charge of Ukraine operations reveals a deeper power struggle between Moscow's military command and its domestic detractors, analysts say. One of the most prominent and powerful critics of Moscow's strategy in Ukraine is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group — a private military company fighting in Ukraine. His criticism seemed to bear fruit with the October appointment of Gen. Sergei Surovikin as the overall battlefield commander for Russian troops in Ukraine. Nonetheless, Prigozhin's criticism of Russia's military commanders and frequent boasts over the Wagner Group's triumphs have raised heckles in Moscow. Sergei Surovikin, the former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, seen here in 2021.
☆ Russia's top military brass and an infamous mercenary leader are feuding over who gets credit for taking back a Ukrainian town
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Russian army and mercenary organization Wagner Group have both claimed credit for taking a Ukrainian town. Russia has relied on Wagner mercenaries to augment its fighting force as thousands of troops have died in the war. Infamous mercenary organization Wagner Group is feuding with the Russian military over who should get the praise for seizing control of Soledar, a town in eastern Ukraine. Reuters reported that a spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern military denies that Soledar has fallen to Russian forces. If confirmed, the seizure of Soledar would be Russia's biggest advancement in the war since July, according to Reuters.
☆ Video shows Russian mercenary boss releasing convicts after they fought in Ukraine, warning them not to rape or take drugs now they're free
  + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Wagner Group's founder released 24 prisoners from mercenary service, Russian media reported. The mercenary army recruited numerous convicts to fight in Ukraine, with the promise of a pardon. Prigozhin is seen addressing the former convicts recruited to serve in his mercenary army, per the outlet. Wagner Group troops have been used in multiple operations in both the Middle East and Africa, as well as the 2022 Ukraine invasion. Alongside his initial recruitment promise to convicts, Prigozhin also issued a threat, per a translation by The Wall Street Journal's Yaroslav Trofimov: "If you serve six months, you are free.
☆ A brutal Russian paramilitary group active in Ukraine called for border intelligence on nearby NATO states: report
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A Russian paramilitary group asked for intel on Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, The Guardian reported. The call raised concerns about "rogue actions" in NATO states, a source told the paper. Task Force Rusich, which has close ties to the Wagner Group paramilitary group and has been highly active in Ukraine, posted the appeal on its official Telegram channel on December 7, the paper reported. All three countries mentioned by Rusich's post are NATO member states, raising concerns over moves that could escalate the war. The group, known for its brutality, openly advocated torture of prisoners in September, The Guardian reported at the time.
☆ Mysterious aircraft dropped bombs near a base for Russia's Wagner Group mercenaries fighting in Central African Republic
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
An unknown aircraft dropped bombs near a Wagner Group base in the Central African Republic. The Wagner Group is a Kremlin-linked private military contractor founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Specifically, in the Central African Republic, the Russian fighters work with the country's military. The International Crisis Group, a non-profit think tank, says up to 2,000 Wagner fighters are in the country and have helped to combat rebel groups. Additionally, Wagner fighters have been accused of atrocities in other African nations — like killing hundreds of civilians in Mali or committing war crimes in Libya.
☆ Putin ally says he sent EU Parliament a stained sledgehammer after it branded Russia a state sponsor of terrorism
  + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The European Parliament declared Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism" on Wednesday. Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin responded by saying that he had sent the EU a sledgehammer. "I do not know what law the European Parliament is guided by, but according to our legislation, from today we declare the European Parliament dissolved." It continued: "But before this procedure enters into legal force, I was instructed to submit an information case to the European Parliament." It is unclear whether the EU Parliament received the sledgehammer.
☆ Treasury sanctions firms, individuals involved in the transfer of drones from Iran to Russia in Ukraine war
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The Treasury Department announced new sanctions against three firms and two individuals involved in the production and transport of drones from Iran to Russia to aid in Russian President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine. The sanctions come as the U.S. and its allies look to punish individuals and organizations supporting Russia's war efforts. In addition, the Treasury issued sanctions against two individuals — Abbas Djuma and Tigran Khristoforovich Srabionov — for facilitating Wagner Group's acquisition of drones. State Department spokesman Ned Price also said Russian officials received training on the UAVs in Iran. The U.S., Britain and France said Iran violated U.N. Security Council resolution 2231 by providing the weapons to Russia.
☆ U.S. targets supply of Iranian drones to Russia in new sanctions
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Daphne Psaledakis | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The United States is seeking to increase pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, which has reduced cities to rubble and killed or wounded thousands. Russia has procured drones from Iran that have been used to attack cities and power infrastructure in Ukraine. Iranian military entities and industries are already under heavy U.S. sanctions over Tehran's nuclear development program. Iran has acknowledged that it had supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the war in Ukraine. Treasury also targeted Abbas Djuma and Tigran Khristoforovich Srabionov, accusing the two of being involved in the Wagner group's acquisition of Iranian drones to support combat operations in Ukraine.
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