21-04-2022, 07:17 PM
https://sg.yahoo.com/news/nearly-3-000-r...12343.html
Citing sources from within the Wagner circle, Mr Grozev said that his investigation website was informed that the numbers fighting alongside the Russian troops were “much higher” than expected, according to a report.
MPs were told that close to 8,000 Wagner mercenaries had been deployed in Ukraine.
Wagner group is among the top three mercenary groups armed and fighting in the Russian invasion of its former Soviet territory.
Some 200 mercenaries had been sent to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, it was reported, to “scout out and assassinate” key political figures, the report added.
A “large number” from the group were deployed with military convoys which approached Kyiv from Belarus. The report added that the mercenaries were also present in Bucha, where mass-killings of civilians were reported last month.
Citing sources from within the Wagner circle, Mr Grozev said that his investigation website was informed that the numbers fighting alongside the Russian troops were “much higher” than expected, according to a report.
MPs were told that close to 8,000 Wagner mercenaries had been deployed in Ukraine.
Wagner group is among the top three mercenary groups armed and fighting in the Russian invasion of its former Soviet territory.
Some 200 mercenaries had been sent to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, it was reported, to “scout out and assassinate” key political figures, the report added.
A “large number” from the group were deployed with military convoys which approached Kyiv from Belarus. The report added that the mercenaries were also present in Bucha, where mass-killings of civilians were reported last month.