Putin’s Wager in Russia’s Standoff with the West - War on the Rocks
https://warontherocks.com/2022/01/putins-wager-in-russias-standoff-with-the-west/Russian mercenaries are being pulled from Africa to Eastern Europe as troops amass near Ukraine : worldnews
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/shtwgm/russian_mercenaries_are_being_pulled_from_africa/Russian mercenaries deploy to eastern Ukraine – sources : worldnews
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/world/europe/wagner-group-russia-ukraine.html