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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
By , Sarah Carter Updated on: May 25, 2023 / 4:55 AM EDT / CBS News Russia’s Wagner Group accused of massacre Russia’s Wagner Group accused of a massacre hidden from the world 05:01 Garoua-Boulaï, Cameroon — Russia's Wagner mercenary group has again claimed control of the contested Ukrainian city of Bakhmut — a claim yet again denied by Kyiv, which says its forces are still fighting southwest of the industrial town and advancing around its flanks. The dense fog of war makes it difficult to determine whether one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Ukraine war has really come to an end. The leader of the private Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a longtime associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said his forces were taking a break, resting for a few days now that their mission in Bakhmut is complete, and he's handing control of the city over to regular Russian troops. Ukraine denies Russia controls city of Bakhmut as mercenary Wagner Group claims victory 05:12 The mercenaries leave behind a blood-stained trail. Alongside Russia's military forces, they've been accused of thousands of war crimes since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine was launched in February 2022.But long before the Wagner Group rose to global infamy in Ukraine, the mercenaries were active in parts of Africa, and they stand accused of committing similar atrocities there. Our CBS News investigation previously revealed how Wagner — designated a "transnational criminal organization" by the U.S. government — plunders mineral-rich nations including the Central African Republic (CAR) to fund its criminal and paramilitary activities, such as its role in the Ukraine war. How Russia's Wagner group exploits Africa to fund the Ukraine war 05:24 To maintain control over lucrative gold mines and timber forests, the Wagner Group virtually runs the Central African Republic through fear and violence. Editor's note: This report includes details of sexual assault and other violence that some people may find distressing.Bucha, Ukraine, April 2022 In the opening months of the Ukraine war, as Russian forces were forced to make a hasty retreat from the suburbs around the capital city Kyiv, the killing grounds of Bucha were revealed.On almost every street corner, CBS News found evidence of the horrors that took place. Our cameras captured images of civilians' bodies with their hands bound, strewn along once peaceful country roads. Residents told us harrowing stories of torture, rape and summary executions. Residents react to alleged massacre by Russian forces in Bucha 04:14 Ukrainian and international investigators quickly swooped into Bucha to document the evidence of potential war crimes committed by Russian forces, including mercenaries from the notoriously brutal Wagner group. Wagner's grip on the Central African RepublicJust one year earlier, there
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