“The Wagner Group is a criminal organization engaged in widespread atrocities and human rights violations,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
Washington added that “the paramilitary group has about 50,000” elements deployed in Ukraine.
The same spokesman said that this Friday (20) the Ministry of Finance (equivalent to the Ministry of Finance) will announce new sanctions against the Russian paramilitary group for its involvement in the war in Ukraine.
Kirby explained that the designation of the Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization opens up a number of avenues for continuing to punish this group and its allies around the world.
The spokesman assured that Russian President Vladimir Putin is increasingly relying on mercenaries from the Wagner Group in Ukraine and that Washington sees “evidence” of rising tensions with the Russian Defense Ministry.
“The Wagner Group is becoming a rival center of power to the Russian armed forces and other Russian ministries,” Kirby said. convicts.
The US spokesman explained that the Wagner Group, a private paramilitary company, recruits guerrillas in Russian prisons.
On the other hand, Kirby stated that North Korea is helping Russia in its military activities against Ukraine by supplying arms and ammunition through organizations such as the Wagner Group.
As such, the United States will share information about the Pyongyang regime’s “violations” with the North Korean Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council later today.
Source: DN
