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Part of Wagner forces remains in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine – Pentagon

Friday, 30 June 2023, 03:24
Part of Wagner forces remains in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine – Pentagon

The US Department of Defense has information that some of the mercenaries of the Russian Wagner Private Military Company are still on the Russian-occupied territory of Ukraine.

Source: General Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon Press Secretary, quoted by the Ukrinform news agency 

Quote: "On Wagner Group and its disposition, what I would tell you is, right now, we continue to see some elements of the Wagner Group in Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine." 

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Details: Ryder also commented on media reports that satellite images of military units in Belarus showed new buildings that could be used to house Wagner PMC fighters.

"I've seen the press reports [...]. Clearly, that's something that we'll continue to keep an eye on," Ryder said.

Ryder has also said that US intelligence would keep monitoring the activities of all Wagner PMC clusters in different regions of the world. 

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