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The United States has recognized the Russian Wagner group as a “transnational criminal organization”

The United States estimates that the Wagner Group has about 50,000 people stationed in Ukraine. | Font: AFP

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United States designated Russian paramilitary group Wagner as a “transnational criminal organization”, increasing the pressure on this private army, which is fighting in different parts of the country in the conflict Ukraine.

Wagner “is a criminal organization that continues to commit widespread atrocities and human rights violations,” a White House national security official said. John Kirby.

Kirby noted that the group, described by many Western governments as mercenaries and responsible for human rights violations, had about “50,000” members deployed to Ukrainemostly recruited from prisons in Russia.

United States of America He believes that “the Wagner group currently deploys about 50,000 people in Ukraine, including 10,000 mercenaries and 40,000 prisoners” to the point that it causes “reservations” in the Russian Ministry of Defense about its “recruitment methods”, he added.

Additional measures against the Wagner group

Washington hopes to take further action against the group after it is blacklisted.

John Kirby Shared satellite imagery showing Russian trains heading to North Korea to stock up on equipment to supply the Wagner Group, in violation of UN resolutions, the report said.

Producer Evgeny Prigozhinclose friend of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, this paramilitary organization is very active in the fierce battles for the capture of the city of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine. (AFP)


Source: RPP

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