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What is the Wagner force?

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What is the Wagner force?

The Wagner Group is a “Russian Ministry of Defense proxy force” formerly managed and financed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch once close to Putin. The mercenary group has been involved in conflicts in Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, and, most recently, Ukraine. In a video address on Mar. 5, 2023, Prigozhin said that the whole front would crumble if the Wagner Group retreated from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. He also said that the Russian Ministry of Defence was not supporting his efforts. On June 23, the Wagner force led the failed rebellion against Putin, and two months later to the day, Prigozhin was assassinated mid-air.

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