Notorious private security company the Wagner Group is believed to have about 50,000 people fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine - most of them recruited from prisons.
This will freeze any assets it has in the US and ban Americans from providing funds, goods, or services.Mr Kirby said:"With these actions, and more to come, our message to any company that is considering providing support to Wagner is this - Wagner is a criminal organisation that is committing widespread atrocities and human rights abuses, and we will work relentlessly to identify, disrupt, expose, and target those assisting Wagner.
He estimated that the private security company has about 50,000 personnel fighting alongside Russia troops in Ukraine - 40,000 of them convicts signed up from Russian prisons.It has been particularly active in the fighting in Bakhmut and Soledar in easternRussia's defence ministry also has reservations about Wagner's recruitment strategy but the US believes it will continue to recruit prisoners, Mr Kirby added.- an indication of the deaths the group is suffering.
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