WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Jan 26) stepped up sanctions against the Wagner Group, labelling the Russian mercenary company fighting in Ukraine as a transnational criminal organization responsible for widespread human rights abuses. Wagner has been locked in a battle to take the towns of Bakh
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday stepped up sanctions against the Wagner Group, labelling the Russian mercenary company fighting in Ukraine as a transnational criminal organization responsible for widespread human rights abuses.
"Wagner personnel have engaged in an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity, including mass executions, rape, child abductions, and physical abuse in the Central African Republic and Mali," the Treasury said in a statement.Russia's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
China's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A representative for Spacety China could not immediately be reached for comment. He said the United States assesses Wagner has about 50,000 personnel deployed to Ukraine, including 40,000 convicts recruited from Russian prisons.
Separately, the US State Department on Thursday also designated entities and individuals with links to Wagner and its owner Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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