As forces from Russian paramilitary group Wagner fight to expel Ukrainian troops from Bakhmut, the group’s founder faces a defining moment
Ukrainian troops from the eastern city of Bakhmut, the group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, faces a defining moment.on Ukraine.
He was allowed to recruit convicts from Russia’s vast prison system and was supplied with weapons by the government. This gave him a 50,000-strong fighting force and a new, heavily armed power base.
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