Wagner Group

I remember sitting with a Russian friend of mine in a fancy New York restaurant overlooking the Hudson River in 2020. My very wealthy, very connected, and very smart friend was worried. He was concerned that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was a tipping point and that Russia would eventually slip into a civil war that […]

Russian soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries turn their weapons on one another during an unexpected turn in the fighting in Ukraine.

Preemptions must be made to contain Wagner and its influence as the PMCs look to further their extreme violence to attract more followers and influence. Like ISIS, ultimately the group will become a major global security problem unless their external operations are kept in check.

The battle for Bakhmut has been long and challenging, with both sides suffering heavy losses. However, Ukraine is now in a position to reclaim the region and end the local conflict.

Russian forces and Wagner Group mercenaries continue pounding the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, slowly forcing Ukrainian forces to exit the city. But at what cost?

The United Kingdom claims Russia now has the majority of control over the town of Soledar, which had previously been bombarded with salt mines.

Months into the war, we’re ending the year with the Ukraine-Russia discourse still happening.

The battle for Bakhmut is a critical test of Russia’s prospects in Ukraine.

New reports show how Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is committing violence and extortion against Africans who are part of the diamond-extraction industry.

Russia’s Wanger Group, a Russian-backed private military contractor has left its bloody boot prints all over Africa. Now an Al Qaeda group in Mali claims to have killed four members of the Wagner Group in battle.

Russia’s getting pushed to the corner, and apparently, Putin’s military is reaching out to mercenaries to do the job. 

The infamous Wagner Group mercenary named Vladimir “The Executioner” Andonov, responsible for killing POWs and civilians in Donbas last 2015, was shot dead by a Ukrainian sniper.