Russia moves 'Wagner Group' mercenaries to Donbas - British intelligence

"EVROPEISKA PRAVDA" - MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022, 09:51

Russia is continuing to consolidate its forces for an offensive in Donbas and is redeploying so-called "Wagner Group" mercenaries to the area.

This, according to Evropeiska Pravda, was stated in a UK Ministry of Defence statement dated 4 April.

"Russian forces continue to consolidate and reorganise as they refocus their offensive into the Donbas region in the east of Ukraine. Russian troops, including mercenaries from the Russian state-linked Wagner private military company, are being moved into the area," the statement said.

The UK Ministry of Defence also believes that Mariupol is almost certainly a key target for a Russian invasion of Ukraine, as control over it will provide a land corridor to Crimea.