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Ukraine war: Russia moves to take direct control of Wagner Group (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by interolivary to c/news

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Russia appears to have moved to take direct control of Wagner, after months of infighting between defence officials and the private military group.

Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov said on Saturday "volunteer formations" will be asked to sign contracts directly with the ministry of defence.

The vaguely worded statement is widely believed to target the group.

But in a furious statement on Sunday, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said his forces would boycott the contracts.

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[–] False@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Ahahaha prime leopards at my face material. Fuck you Prigozhin.

[–] Subito 6 points 2 years ago

Crazy stuff all around, I think.

[–] Woozy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

One step closer to civil war.

[–] nhgeek 3 points 2 years ago

It’s a madhouse

[–] Gork 2 points 2 years ago

Perhaps Prighozhin can go back to owning what all Private Military Company owners did before they went into the mercenary business, catering.

Oh wait, that was only him.

[–] BlueDiamond@rammy.site 1 points 2 years ago

Yeesh... I don't think they're gonna take that well.