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Wagner Group declared criminal organisation

Al Jazeera · 2 years ago
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
2 years ago

The United States is designating Russia's Wagner Group as an international criminal organisation. The White House says about 50,000 of its mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine, led by notorious Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin. Now officials say there's evidence Wagner accepted a shipment of arms from North Korea, a sign of the group's expanding role in the conflict.

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