The United States has designated the Russian Wagner Group as a “transnational criminal organization”.

United State Eye The Russian Wagner Paramilitary Group As a “transnational criminal organization”, which increases the pressure on this private army that fights in different regions of the earth in a conflict Ukraine.

“A criminal organization continues to commit atrocities and human rights abuses on a massive scale,” said a national security spokesperson for the Wagner Organization. White HouseAnd John Kirby.

Kirby pointed out that the group, which many Western governments describe as mercenaries and responsible for human rights violations, has about “50,000” members spread across the country. UkraineMostly recruited from prisons in Russia.

United State It is considered that “the Wagner Group currently has about 50,000 individuals spread out in it UkraineAmong them are ten thousand mercenaries and 40,000 prisoners,” to the point that it raises “reservations” in the Russian Ministry of Defense about its “recruitment methods.”

Further action against the Wagner Group

Washington It hopes to take further action against the group after it is blacklisted.

John Kirby And it published satellite images showing Russian trains heading to North Korea to store equipment to supply the Wagner Group, in violation of United Nations resolutions, she said.

Directed by Yevgeny PrigogneHe is a close friend of the Russian president Russian President Vladimir PutinThis paramilitary organization is very active in the fierce battle to seize the city of Bakhmut in the east of the country. Ukraine. (AFP)

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