Since the president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putinordered his troops to attack the border with Ukrainenot only contemplated as a destination for the main strategic cities of neighboring countries, but for his equal and warring foes Volodimir Zelensky.

A few weeks before the invasion, Russian authorities contact mercenary groups, but especially members of the Wagner secret society, via the Telegram app. Its main objective is to strengthen the attack on Ukraine. Then the missions mutated.

As reported by The Times newspaper four days after the invasion began, The group will plan a plan to hunt down the Ukrainian president. There will be around 400 mercenaries assigned the mission of killing the head of state and 23 other officials his government to overthrow the prevailing democracy and install a testimonial and self-critical government, which will respond to the demands of the Kremlin as well as Belarus.

The WAGNER GROUP AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUTIN GOVERNMENT

Contacted by the BBC, one of the mercenaries who make up the Wagner Group said they were invited to a “picnic in Ukraine”, with reference to tasting “Salo”, the lard that is part of the traditional Ukrainian diet. .

People “with criminal records, debts, barred from mercenary groups or without external passports” were summoned.. Those who came from the “Russian-occupied areas of the republics of Lugansk and Donetsk and Crimea” were “respectfully invited” to the call.

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The unofficial number provided by various international news agencies is that more than 10,000 workers can sign a contract with Wagner in the last seven years.

The mercenary on duty who spoke to the BBC pointed out that new recruits placed under the command of GRUa military intelligence unit that reports directly to the Russian Ministry of Defense and is trained in Molikino, in southern Russia, next to a military base.

Still, the man voiced his displeasure at the low hiring requirements: “They recruit anyone and everyone,” he confessed. These new units could be called “The Hawks” and dissociate themselves from Wagner’s name, which the United Nations Security Council vehemently condemned.

These include the damage to the civilian population carried out in Syria and the destabilization plans carried out in the Central African Republic which “They include cases of excessive force, indiscriminate killings, school occupations and large-scale looting, including humanitarian organizations.”.

INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AGAINST THE WAGNER GROUP

The government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced new sanctions against 59 Russian and six Belarusian individuals and companies for the invasion of Ukraine. Those companies include Russian diamond giant Alrosa and private military service group Wagner.

“We have to raise the economic fence around Putin, sanction more people. Today we have sanctioned the Wagne Groupr,” said Johnson from Brussels, where he attended an extraordinary NATO summit on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In a statement, Truss said all those affected by today’s sanctions would have their assets frozen in the UK and that no UK citizen or company could do business with them. The convicted person will not be able to travel to the UK, he added.