![]() ![]() ![]() The new force allowed the fighting in Donbas to continue without forcing Russia to implement an unpopular military draft. The new force was marginally successful. When Wagner fighters were killed, they were secretly flown back to remote parts of Russia for burial. presidential election, proposed the creation an off-the-books army, PMC Wagner. Prigozhen, who already had experience doing “special jobs” for the Kremlin including hacking and disinformation campaigns to influence the 2016 U.S. Seizing Crimea was relatively easy and accomplished with little Ukrainian resistance or American pushback. When Russia tried to continue that 2014 offensive in the east of Ukraine, the Ukrainian resistance was far more intense. Wagner Group emerged onto the scene after the 2014 Russian takeover of Crimea, a former Wagner fighter who was one of the early recruits told NBC News. Jealousy and a desire to please Russian President Vladimir Putin have fueled much of the conflict. Prigozhin has called Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu “scum” and “a traitor” many times and accused him of not supplying his men with ammunition in Ukraine and deliberately starving them of weapons. The tensions are real and profound, a senior U.S. ![]()
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