Russia’s shadowy Kremlin-linked mercenary group is hiring new fighters with the promise of “travel and friendship” as it openly recruits soldiers for the first time.
Wagner, said to be operated by Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin’s former chef, sends secretive fighting groups around the world to look after Russian interests abroad.
Many have ended up fighting in Ukraine. But with casualties mounting in Russia’s regular army, analysts said army commanders were relying on more “volunteers” from organisations such as Wagner.
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