Belarus returned 33 mercenaries from Russian private military contractor Wagner, (a company linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin – a close confident of Russian president Vladimir Putin) that it had arrested in late July – despite the fact that Ukraine declared them as suspects in taking part in the conflict in the Donbas. Within days, Ukrainians began to seriously consider an alleged ‘operation’ conducted by Ukrainian special services. What supports these allegations and what claims are said by the government and law enforcement – in our article.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Hromadske: What we know about ‘Wagner’ and Ukraine’s role
A view of a tower of the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry building during the rain in Moscow on July 16, 2020.
