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Russia's reliance on Wagner Group in Ukraine is wearing down Putin's favorite mercenary group, the British military says
Wagner Group's role in Ukraine will likely "exacerbate grievances" between it and Russia's military…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Supposedly exiled Wagner boss Prigozhin pledged his loyalty to Putin in a face-to-face meeting just days after he ignited an armed revolt, Kremlin says
Putin met with Wagner's commanders as critics questioned if the Russian president's grip on power i…
Chris Panella
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Wagner Group may be absorbed by the Russian Defense Ministry, which Prigozhin rallied against before his death. The mercenary group's current arrangement could 'disappear rather soon,' former GRU captain says.
The Kremlin is looking at absorbing Wagner into its defense bureaucracy or finding a new, loyal fig…
Azmi Haroun
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Russian diplomats flew to Mali and Syria hours after Prigozhin announced his failed Wagner rebellion, assuring leaders the Kremlin was in charge
Kremlin diplomats personally reassured Syrian president Bashar al-Assad that Wagner would continue …
Azmi Haroun
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Masked Wagner mercenaries are giving career talks at Russian high schools, UK intel says
The Wagner Group has suffered significant losses in Ukraine, but the organization is launching a ne…
Chris Panella
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Wagner Group mercenaries are being butchered in Ukraine, but US intel expects them to keep stirring up trouble elsewhere on Russia's behalf
The Wagner Group has been accused of carrying out various atrocities and human rights violations in…
Jake Epstein
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The US is taking aim at Wagner, the only Russian force seemingly having any success in Ukraine, with crippling sanctions
Wagner's limited gains in eastern Ukraine have come at a high cost and triggered rifts between the …
Jake Epstein
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Belarus wants exiled Wagner officers to use their experience in Ukraine to make its own army more deadly
Wagner was offered safe haven in Belarus after its uprising in Russia, and could help its army with…
Sinéad Baker
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Wagner Group claims Russia has so far pardoned 5,000 criminals after fighting in Ukraine, and that less than 1% of them have reoffended
Thousands of Russian criminals got their pardons after agreeing to fight in Ukraine in exchange for…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Ukrainian troops say Russia's Wagner fighters would rather die in Bakhmut than retreat and face punishment
Ukrainian troops told The New York Times they're holding defense in the war-torn city but still fac…
Chris Panella
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Wagner fighters are furious and vowing vengeance after their leader Prigozhin's presumed death in a plane crash
Telegram channels linked to the Wagner leadership were furious after Yevgeny Prigozhin's apparent d…
Thibault Spirlet
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The Wagner Group is back, Russian regional media says and led by Prigozhin's son
Two Russian outlets reported that the Wagner Group has started hiring again in two oblasts, citing …
Matthew Loh
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Wagner suffered staggering losses in Ukraine, official says: 28% dead, a further 51% wounded, totaling 62K casualties in just over a year
The Wagner Group sent 78,000 fighters to Ukraine, and 22,000 of them were killed, a group official …
Sinéad Baker
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Wagner is 'desperate for manpower' and trying to poach regular Russian soldiers while feuding with their commanders, experts say
The Wagner mercenary group, which has feuded with Russia's military and seen its recruitment channe…
Sinéad Baker
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Prigozhin, Russia's Wagner Group leader, will be killed by Putin or lead another coup within 6 months, journalist says
A think tank said that Wagner troops were planning to return to Russia, suggesting their deal with …
Alia Shoaib
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Putin is tightening his grip over what's left of the Wagner Group
Russia is trying to take over Wagner's mercenary operations in Africa following the death of its le…
Thibault Spirlet
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Putin's Wagner Group mercenaries got thrashed in the African desert — and Ukraine says it helped
Ukraine said it provided intelligence to a group of separatists who attacked Russa's Wagner Group m…
Mia Jankowicz
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Russia's shift of mercenaries to Ukraine won't change the war but reveals Putin's 'desperation': Western official
The Wagner Group is deploying up to 1,000 mercenaries to eastern Ukraine, but a Western official sa…
Abbie Shull,Henry Dyer
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Russia is using one of Ukraine's bloodiest battles to decimate the Wagner Group, after its boss started a feud with military leaders, experts say
Russia's military is "likely seizing the opportunity to deliberately expend both elite and convict …
Sinéad Baker
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How Putin's favorite mercenaries are using secretive operations to tip the balance in Africa
A shadowy private military contractor known as the Wagner Group has been central to Russia's foreig…