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In South Ossetia, a former mercenary of the Wagner private military company, Georgy Siukaev, has been arrested for the murder of a man named Soslan Valiev. Valiev was attacked with a knife and died in the hospital from his wounds on the evening of April 17th. Georgy Siukaev, who recently returned from the war in Ukraine, was arrested in connection to...

Wagner Group head Yevegeny Prigozhin reported that Russian VDV forces have bolstered the flanks in Bakhmut, allowing for PMCs to concentrate their efforts in pushing into remaining areas of the city under Ukrainian control. https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1645834234689462272?s=20 Prigozhin also said that the regular Russian troops, who have largely been uninvolved in the Bakhmut campaign, will focus on defense to prevent Ukrainian counter attacks. Russian...

Leader of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a letter that units of PMC Wagner control 70% of Bakhmut, which is unverified by outside observers. Prigozhin also stated that Ukraine is preparing attacks to cut off Wagner from the rest of the Russian army forces in the area. He asks for support in the letter to prevent any possible encirclement...

AFP has reported that Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has taken a step in recruitment efforts for his mercenary group Wagner PMC by opening up centers for recruitment of contracted fighters in 42 Russian cities. This comes as Prigozhin recently released a video in which he says he intends to "reboot" Wagner PMC to become ideological oriented after Russian forces take...

The relations between Wagner Group and the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) have been growing increasingly volatile over the last few weeks as Russia faces mounting losses and accusations of treason arise between Russian military officials and their preferred frontline fighters. Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and leader of the private military company known as Wagner Group, is a Russian oligarch who...