Putin and the Pentagon shed some light on the fate of Wagner’s mercenary group
The location of Russia's Wagner fighters remained a mystery Friday after the Pentagon said the mercenary force was not participating in the war in Ukraine in any meaningful way, and President Vladimir Putin said they had rejected his suggestion to return to the forehead.Yevgeny Prigozhin's mercenaries were not participating in military operations in Ukraine "in any significant capacity," the Pentagon said in a briefing on Thursday. Based on his assessment, most of Wagner's forces are still in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said, but "they don't really contribute as a significant combat capability anymore."Putin,…
