Contents tagged with Wagner
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SBU: mercenaries of Wagner private military company arrived in Luhansk from Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine reported that additional forces from the private military company Wagner arrived at the separatist-controlled territory of the Luhansk region. The website of the SBU states that they came to support the separatist Igor Kornet, after the conflict between him and former head of LPR Igor Plotnitsky which resulted in Plotnitsky fleeing to Russia.
The special service reported that in 2015, Kornet and the head of the Wagner private military company under the …
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Russian private military contractor who fought in eastern Ukraine killed in Syria
Russian Roman Solnyshkov, known as Solntse (The Sun), who previously fought in the Donbas, was killed in Syria, where he went as a military contractor hired by the Wagner private military company.
It is reported that previously Solnyshkov served in eastern Ukraine in separatist Sparta battalion under the command of Arsen Pavlov (aka Motorola).
Twitter user, Necro Mancer, confirmed the death of Roman Solnyshkov.
"Solnyshkov Roman Viktorovich, known as Solntse (The Sun), was killed in Syria in …