[Tilted Irish Kilt]

" The contractors are recruited by a private military group known as Wagner Group
whose members are mostly ex-service personnel."

Right !
As I recall, Putin claimed that the Ukraine issue was instigated by the Wagner Group.
The Wagner Group are nothing more than a Russian proxy army,
so that the Russian Government can claim that they are not directly involved.

[NorseViking]

I didn’t hear any such claims and by the way being employed by such company is a felony in Russia. They are jailed for up to 7 years upon identification.