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Ukraine claims it has struck base used by Wagner Group paramilitaries

A mural praising Wagner Group and its mercenaries in Belgrade, Serbia
A mural praising Wagner Group and its mercenaries in Belgrade, Serbia. Photograph: Pierre Crom/Getty Images

Ukraine says it has struck a base used by the shadowy Wagner Russian paramilitary group as well as a bridge near the occupied city of Melitopol.

Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, said the base was “destroyed by a precision strike” after its whereabouts were established “thanks to a Russian journalist”.

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