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KYIV, February 3 (Reuters) – Ukraine on Friday against the boss of the Russian mercenary company “Wagner”. crime opened the case and promised to track down and prosecute the company’s fighters who tried to flee abroad.
President Led by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ally of Vladimir Putin, Wagner mobilized thousands of fighters to wage war in Ukraine, including Russia attracted prisoners from prisons. Prigozhin says that his group of Ukraine in the last battles in the east, it plays a key role among the bloodiest factions of the war.
“General Prosecutor’s Office “Wagner” is private military presented a notice of suspicion to the head of the company”, – Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin FacebookPrigozhin said in a statement that did not reveal his name.
“The leader of this group is thousands military is directly responsible for the crime. “He openly admits his role in the war against Ukraine and solves personnel issues by recruiting tens of thousands of prisoners with the permission of the Kremlin.”
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Prigozhin was not immediately available for comment. Last month he v. Wagner USAdenied the accusations, and the Kremlin said that Washington had been defaming Wagner for years without reason.
of Ukraine crime according to the code crime persons suspected in their affairs should be notified with a “suspect notice”. The statement did not say how Prigogine was served with such a notice.
Costin v. Wagner of Ukraine He listed accusations of encroachment on territorial integrity and waging an aggressive war. He said that all high-ranking mercenaries of Wagner, including those who fled abroad, will be held responsible.
Ukraine Oslo in Norway last month imprisonment will send an “investigative action request” against the former Wagner commander, Kostin said.
“I am sure that, together with international partners, we will ensure comprehensive responsibility for every criminal who comes to our lands with a gun in his hand, as well as for their patrons who do business in blood,” Kostin said.
Reporting by Olena Harmash is edited by Timothy Heritage and Peter Graff
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2023-02-03 17:03:22
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