Ukrainian military intelligence says Wagner Group dog tags have been found among Russians KIA

[Donkees]

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[chowder66]

1. I hope they can match an ID/body to those tags.

[getagrip_already]

2. what is a wagner group? n/t

[panader0]

4. I didn't know either--it's akin to Blackwater, Russian style.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group

[FarPoint]

6. OHHHHH!

[Thomas Hurt]

5. supposedly a Russian neo-nazi mercenary company, ala Blackwater, thus "Wagner".

Don't know if that is true, though it would not surprise me.

[Donkees]

8. What is the Wagner Group?

What is the Wagner Group? Who are secretive mercenaries in Kyiv targeting Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky
The Wagner Group do not officially exist - but the shadowy network of mercenaries with links to the Kremlin have been named in US sanctions, and now they are reportedly operating in Ukraine

They have reportedly been offered “hefty bonuses” for the assassinations of key figures in the coming days, before a promise of safe passage out of Ukraine before the end of the week.

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/world/wagner-group-russian-mercenaries-ukraine-3589837

[4Q2u2]

11. They are also

The group who was totally obliterated by US Special Forces in Syria.
Putin was not to happy about that.

[Bluesaph]

3. How can they tell?

¯_(ツ _/¯

[lindysalsagal]

7. Found it: Private contracted soldiers in Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group

The Wagner Group (Russian: Группа Вагнера, romanized: Gruppa Vagnera), also known as PMC Wagner, ChVK Wagner (ChVK being the Russian abbreviation for Private Military Company),[34] or CHVK Vagner (ЧВК Вагнера ChVK Vagnera, Частная Военная Компания Вагнера , is a Russian paramilitary organization. Some observers have described it as a private military company or private military contracting agency, whose contractors have reportedly taken part in various conflicts, including operations in the Syrian civil war on the side of the Syrian government, as well as in the war in Donbas in Ukraine aiding the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics from 2014 to 2015. Others, including reports in The New York Times, consider ChVK Wagner an arms-length unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and/or the GRU[35] in disguise, which is used by the Russian government in conflicts where deniability is called for, as its forces are trained on MoD installations.

The Wagner Group is believed to be owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman with close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It has been accused of war crimes in areas where it was deployed.[36][37]

[Brother Buzz]

12. Yevgeny Prigozhin is one Putin's closest associates

Putin is also believed to be a silent partner in the Wagner Group.

[Jacoby365]

9. The 963 country code for the phone number is Syria

[BComplex]

10. I've been wondering why some dark money hasn't sent Blackwater into Ukraine to help

the Ukrainian army. There's bound to be some money somewhere to do that.

[JHB]

14. Anyone in charge of Blackwater would only support the Russians.

[BComplex]

15. Now that is a really scary thought.

[rockfordfile]

13. Good. Get rid of more of them.