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Wagner deployed like normal army units on Ukraine front line: UK

Ukrainian service members on a front line as Russia intensifies its attack on the Donbas region [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

Russian private military firm Wagner Group has likely been given responsibility for specific sectors of the front line in war-torn eastern Ukraine, in a similar manner to normal army units, according to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence.

“This is a significant change from the previous employment of the group since 2015, when it typically undertook missions distinct from overt, large-scale regular Russian military activity,” the ministry said on Friday in a regular intelligence bulletin on Twitter.

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