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Wagner group

News Reports

‘Faizan Khan duped us’: Telangana youth Md Sufiyan appeals for help, says they were made to fight Russia-Ukraine war in the name of ‘foreign...

OpIndia Staff - 23 February, 2024

One man from Telangana named Mohammed Sufiyan and three men from Karnataka were allegedly tricked by a YouTube channel run by Faizal Khan into joining the Russian army in Ukraine after being promised jobs as army security helpers in Russia.

News Reports

Wagner chief Prigozhin dies in a plane crash, exactly 2 months after trying to start a ‘coup’ against Russian President Vladimir Putin

OpIndia Staff - 24 August, 2023

On 23rd June, Prigozhin announced a rebellion against the Putin government and started marching towards Moscow. On 23rd August, Prigozhin was reportedly among 10 passengers who died in a plane crash.

World

Russian Wagner group is preparing “hybrid attack” on Polish territory from Belarus: Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

OpIndia Staff - 30 July, 2023

Poland’s Prime Minister said, “We have information that more than 100 Wagner mercenaries have advanced towards the Suwalki Gap, not far from Grodno in Belarus.”