Russian businessman confirms deployment to countries in Latin America and Africa in first public confirmation of link
The Russian businessman and Vladimir Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin has said that he founded the Wagner mercenary group and confirmed its deployment to countries in Latin America and Africa in his first public confirmation of a link he has previously denied.
Prigozhin said in a statement from his company that he founded the group in order to send fighters to Ukraine’s Donbas region in 2014. He said: “From that moment, on 1 May 2014, a group of patriots was born, which later acquired the name BTG Wagner.”
