Over 400 Russian mercenaries have been sent to Kyiv and ordered to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, London’s The Times reports.
The newspaper says mercenaries from the Wagner Group, the security company under the control of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, were flown in from Africa, where they were undertaking other operations.
The outlet says that when Ukrainian intelligence learned of the presence of the guns-for-hire in the capital, a curfew was imposed on Kyiv on Saturday morning so that security forces could hunt down the “saboteurs.”
The newspaper says thousands of other Russian mercenaries have been operating in Ukraine since the start of the year.
The Wagner Group plays a key role in promoting the Kremlin’s interests abroad. It has faced multiple accusations of carrying out crimes and atrocities.
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