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Tag: Mercenaries and Private Military Contractors

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Prigozhin, Wagner Leader, Believed to Be on Plane in Deadly Russia Crash

August 23, 2023Anton TroianovskiComments Off on Prigozhin, Wagner Leader, Believed to Be on Plane in Deadly Russia Crash

All 10 people on a jet linked to Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary group, were killed on Wednesday, Russian officials said.

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The Wagner chief re-emerges in an apparent recruitment video.

August 22, 2023Victoria KimComments Off on The Wagner chief re-emerges in an apparent recruitment video.

The fate and whereabouts of Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the Wagner chief, have remained largely shrouded from public view since he led a short-lived mutiny in June.

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Deadly Russian Strike Hits Chernihiv, Ukraine Says

August 19, 2023MARC SANTORAComments Off on Deadly Russian Strike Hits Chernihiv, Ukraine Says

The attack, which killed at least seven people and wounded more than 100, came after President Vladimir V. Putin visited a Russian city that was briefly seized by the Wagner group.

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Deadly Russian Strike Hits Chernihiv, Ukraine Says

August 19, 2023August 19, 2023MARC SANTORAComments Off on Deadly Russian Strike Hits Chernihiv, Ukraine Says

The attack, which killed at least seven people and wounded more than 100, came after President Vladimir V. Putin visited a Russian city that was briefly seized by the Wagner group.

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Russian Strike Hits Chernihiv, Ukraine Says

August 19, 2023August 19, 2023Victoria KimComments Off on Russian Strike Hits Chernihiv, Ukraine Says

The attack came hours after the Kremlin said that President Vladimir V. Putin had met with military commanders in Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city that was briefly seized during a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group.

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Coup in Niger Upends U.S. Terrorism Fight and Could Open a Door for Russia

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023Eric Schmitt, Declan Walsh and Elian PeltierComments Off on Coup in Niger Upends U.S. Terrorism Fight and Could Open a Door for Russia

The military takeover could force the Pentagon to withdraw 1,100 American troops and close drone bases in the West African country.

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A Convict’s Life in Russia’s Army: ‘We Are Not Human to Them’

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023Anatoly Kurmanaev and Ekaterina BodyaginaComments Off on A Convict’s Life in Russia’s Army: ‘We Are Not Human to Them’

In an account provided to The Times, a Russian soldier describes his commanders’ casual disregard for the lives of inmates like him, and how they are pressured to re-enlist.

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Russia Downs 2 Drones Near Moscow, as Ukraine War’s New Phase Intensifies

August 9, 2023Enjoli Liston, Valeriya Safronova and Paul SonneComments Off on Russia Downs 2 Drones Near Moscow, as Ukraine War’s New Phase Intensifies

It was the 12th time in the past three weeks that Russian officials had reported intercepting such aerial attacks in the heart of the capital.

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Hopes for Dialogue Dim in Niger as Junta Clings to Power

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Hopes for Dialogue Dim in Niger as Junta Clings to Power

A leader of the coup in Niger who had been considered a close U.S. ally rejected a request from a visiting U.S. diplomat to release the country’s democratically elected president and bring back constitutional order.

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Wagner Mercenary Group Will Stop Recruiting, New Recording Says

July 31, 2023IVAN NECHEPURENKOComments Off on Wagner Mercenary Group Will Stop Recruiting, New Recording Says

The recording, purportedly of the group’s founder, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared to signal that the mercenary force would continue operations but on a smaller scale.

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