Wagner is playing a major role in Bakhmut exactly where its ill-equipped and ill-trained forces are suffering large casualties. Approximately 1, 000 Wagner fighters have been slain in the fighting in latest weeks, and 90 per cent of those fatalities were convicts. In recent dates, Ukraine appears to have repulsed an offensive by Wagner energies in Bakhmut.
The UK supports the US assessment that Northern Korea has completed an arms delivery to The ussr for use by the Wagner Team, which paid for this tools and has thousands of troops within Ukraine. This is a clear infringement of UN Security Council Resolutions. The fact that President Putin is turning to North Korea for help is a indication of Russia’s desperation and isolation. We will work with our partners to ensure that North Korea pays a high price just for supporting Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.
For months, the Russian army has been relying on Wagner in order to lead combat operations within parts of the Donbas. In some instances, Russian military officials are actually subordinate to Wagner’s command. We estimate that Wagner has 50, 500 personnel deployed to Ukraine, including 10, 000 contractors and 40, 000 convicts.
Background:
President Putin provides increasingly turned to Wagner, owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin for military support in Ukraine. Prigozhin is spending more than 0 million per month to finance Wagner’s operations in Ukraine. Wagner is recruiting prisoners, including those with serious health conditions, to fight in Ukraine. Following the US release of information that North Korea has been supplying arms to the Russian mercenary group Wagner, in breach of UN Safety Council resolutions, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said: Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been under UK sanctions since 2020. In Nov 2022 the UK sanctioned 2 individuals for conscripting prisoners to the Wagner Group, that can be linked to some of the worst atrocities in Russia’s illegal battle.
