Wagner Group earns millions to finance war in Ukraine - media
According to insiders, the Wagner Group, owned by Yevgeny Prigogine, expands his activity in the king, where the profit from mining can reach almost $ 1 billion a year. These funds will probably be used to buy weapons and funding for mercenaries involved in hostilities in Ukraine. Politico says that US officials have warned allies for several years that the Wagner Group has been using profit from mineral production to support the Russian state in Western sanctions.
Details about the projects in the king show that the mining activity of Yevgeny Prigogine is becoming more profitable and creates an additional channel for financing the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. According to journalists, today the mines cover eight production zones at different stages of development, and the depth of the largest of them is approximately 60 meters.
The interlocutors of the publication do not deny that the Wagnerivtsi can assist in the construction of another facility for long -term operation and strengthening of the mine, constructing bridges on crossings through rivers and installing anti -aircraft complexes for the protection of the territory. "New actions that mercenaries resort to are indicated by long -term plans for the mine.
The fact that they create an extended mining operation that they create these long -term plans, I think indicates how integrated with the local military and the level of dependence , which the king has from them, " - quotes the deputy chairman of the Center for Strategic and International Research by Katrin Doxy.
According to journalists, the serious influence of the Wagner Group on local officials indicates that the King's government refused to grant the UN peacekeepers permission to attract drones over a mining. Earlier, Focus devoted his article to "Wagner Group" and told in detail how the mercenaries of Yevgeny Prigogine participated in the civil war in the king.