Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Monday he had founded the Wagner mercenary group and confirmed its deployment to countries in Latin America and Africa. Arvanitidis, Nima Elbagir,Gianluca Mezzofiore,Tamara Qiblawi,Barbara (2023-04-20). "Exclusive: Evidence emerges of Russia's Wagner arming militia leader battling Sudan's army". CNN . Retrieved 2023-06-24.

President Volodymyr Zelensky described the military situation in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region on Monday as difficult and said it was the country's "No. 1 goal" because it was also Russia's No. 1 goal. Poland’s ruling party chair, Jarosław Kaczyński, said on Friday that Wagner fighters were “not in Belarus for fun”. Prigožin poprvé přiznal, že je zakladatelem Wagnerovy skupiny | ČeskéNoviny.cz. www.ceskenoviny.cz [online]. [cit. 2023-06-25]. Dostupné online.Passenger plane crashes in Russia, Wagner chief Prigozhin possibly on board". Novaya Gazeta. 23 August 2023 . Retrieved 25 August 2023. The Finnish government, wary of becoming a major transit nation, on Friday said it will stop all Russians from entering on tourist visas within the coming days, although exceptions may still apply on humanitarian grounds. 9:42am: Russia's Putin to meet Belarus's Lukashenko later today

a b Gostev, Aleksandr; Coalson, Robert (16 December 2016). "Russia's Paramilitary Mercenaries Emerge From The Shadows". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . Retrieved 18 September 2017. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call Monday for the global abolition of nuclear weapons as concerns grow over Russia's threat to use them in the Ukraine war. Niger's junta asks for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat". AP News. 2023-08-05 . Retrieved 2023-08-27. Lithuania designates Russia's Wagner as terrorist organisation". www.lrt.lt. Lithuanian National Radio and Television. 14 March 2023 . Retrieved 14 March 2023.Prigožin je v Bělorusku, potvrdil Lukašenko. Wagnerovcům nabídl základnu. iDNES.cz [online]. 2023-06-27 [cit. 2023-06-27]. Dostupné online. By May 2018, it was reported that the number of Wagner PMCs in the CAR was 1,400, while another Russian PMC called Patriot was in charge of protecting VIPs. [290] This is not the end, this is only the beginning of the greatest work in the world, which will continue very soon,” Utkin says in the video. “And welcome to hell,” he adds, speaking the last words in English.