Among the individuals sanctioned were Sergei Yeliseyev, Moscow's head of government in the Kherson region of Ukraine and a vice admiral in the Russian navy, who defected from Ukraine's navy in 2014. 4:14pm: Transparency International urges EU sanctions on Russian diamonds, miner Alrosa Various elements of the Wagner Group have been linked to far-right extremism, including white supremacy and neo-Nazism. [382] [383] [384] [385] Some founding members of Wagner belong to the far-right ultranationalist Russian Imperial Movement. [386] Wagner's first commander, Dmitry Utkin, [139] was reportedly a neo-Nazi and had several Nazi tattoos, [387] [388] [383] [385] greeted subordinates by saying "Heil!", worn a Wehrmacht field cap around the unit's training grounds, and occasionally signed his name with the two lightning bolt insignia of the Nazi SS. [139] Hungary, which is highly dependent on Russian energy, said Monday it staunchly opposed European Union sanctions on the Russian nuclear industry, following EU talks on the issue at the weekend. Mayor Ivan Fedorov said the last official route out of Melitopol to territory controlled by Ukraine had been closed, and that residents' concerns had risen since voting began in the four-day referendum on Friday.

The Sogaz International Medical Centre in Saint Petersburg, a clinic owned by the large insurance company AO Sogaz, has treated PMCs who had been injured in combat overseas since 2016. The company's senior officials and owners are either relatives of Russian president Putin or others linked to him. The clinic's general director, Vladislav Baranov, also has a business relationship with Maria Vorontsova, Putin's eldest daughter. [352] Russian blogger Mikhail Polynkov claimed no less than 100 PMCs had been killed by early April 2020. However, this was not independently confirmed. [343] The earliest reports of PMC Wagner involvement in Sudan came in 2017. [281] The PMCs were sent to Sudan to support it militarily against South Sudan and protect gold, uranium and diamond mines. [282] Protestors demonstrating in Sudan, 2020 KÁBELE, Viktor. Soud EU potvrdil platnost sankcí proti miliardáři Prigožinovi blízkému Kremlu. ČT24 [online]. Česká televize, 2022-06-01 [cit. 2022-06-01]. Dostupné online. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call Monday for the global abolition of nuclear weapons as concerns grow over Russia's threat to use them in the Ukraine war.From Wagner +‎ -owiec. Compare Russian ва́гнеровец ( vágnerovec ), Ukrainian ва́гнерівець ( váhnerivecʹ ). Those said to have died alongside Yevgeny Prigozhin include Dmitry Utkin, whose call sign was ‘Wagner’ a b c d e KUBÁTOVÁ, Eliška. Ruská ‚Vagnerova armáda‘ opět v plné polní. Moskva využívá chaos v Libyi, aby získala přístup k ropě. iROZHLAS [online]. Český rozhlas, 2019-11-19 [cit. 2021-04-12]. Dostupné online. In 2023, the Russian government granted the status of combat veterans to Wagner contractors who took part in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [190]

On 5 May 2023, Prigozhin blamed Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gen. Valery Gerasimov for "tens of thousands" of Wagner casualties, saying "They came here as volunteers and are dying so you can sit like fat cats in your luxury offices." [189] Ambassadors are not usually present at meetings of the integrated political crisis response group, which includes officials from the EU's executive and its diplomatic service. Japan is deeply concerned about the possibility of nuclear weapons used during Russia's invasion of Ukraine," Matsuno also said in a media briefing, adding Japan will continue to work with the international society in supporting Ukraine and sanctioning Russia. 07:33am: Initial tranches of men for Russia's mobilisation have started arriving at military bases, says Britain Archivovaná kopie. newsworld.co [online]. [cit. 2018-02-22]. Dostupné varchivu pořízeném z originálu dne2018-02-22.Troianovski, Anton; Barnes, Julian E; Schmitt, Eric (24 August 2023). " 'It's Likely Prigozhin Was Killed,' Pentagon Says". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023 . Retrieved 27 August 2023. The PMCs also took part [274] in the Syrian Army's offensive in northwestern Syria that took place mid-2019. [275] As of late December 2021, Wagner PMCs were still taking part in military operations against ISIL cells in the Syrian desert. [276] Koncem března se očekávalo, že počet Wagnerových kontraktorů na Ukrajině se ztrojnásobí na nejméně 1 000 z přibližně 300 na začátku invaze a že se budou soustředit na oblast Donbasu na východě Ukrajiny. [41] Bellingcat said it had open source data suggesting he was “employed as a convenient and deniable decoy to disguise its state provenance”.