Russian Wagner Group gains global notoriety from Africa to Ukraine, but division brews at home
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The Wagner Group, a mercenary group making headlines globally, has been vital to Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, but its successes have revealed division.
Russia claimed victory in the fiercely fought battle over the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine earlier this month, showing blatant rifts between the defense ministry, which awarded the victory to its troops, and the Putin-aligned Prigozhin, who said the rare achievement was due to his hired men. Caitlin McFall is a Reporter at Fox News Digital covering Politics, U.S. and World news.
The defense ministry, which has long distanced itself from the Wagner Group, then issued an unusual statement and said the town was taken in a "heterogeneous" effort to pinch Soledar from the north and south.