Washington — The U.S. targeted the Russia-backed Wagner Group in a new round of sanctions on Thursday, labeling the mercenary group a transnational criminal organization and accusing it of atrocities ...

After Russia launched its Special Military Operation in February 2022, the Wagner Group expanded from a small global mercenary network into a major fighting force inside Ukraine. The paramilitary unit ...

Two-man mercenary teams are now present on many Russian “shadow fleet” vessels, discouraging boarding attempts from unfriendly nations. Russia’s infamous Wagner Group mercenary group lives on. It may ...

During the events surrounding the 2014 annexation of Crimea, unidentified armed personnel operating without official insignia began appearing in strategic locations, sparking widespread speculation ...

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private Wagner militia had begun marching towards Moscow in an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defence minister, but after getting within ...