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One of the most notorious battalions of the secretive and deadly Wagner Group appeared to suggest it was prepping to return to Ukraine, raising the prospect of a Russian assault.
Ben Dalton is an Open Source Fellow in New America’s Future Frontlines program. Before joining New America, Ben worked variously as a journalist, videographer, and producer for BuzzFeed News, the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, World Learning, and the International Crisis Group. His work has appeared in BuzzFeed News, the New York Times, PBS NewsHour, Al Jazeera, the Diplomat, Hmm Daily, CNN.com, the Christian Science Monitor, Bedford + Bowery, and the New York Transatlantic, among other publications.
One of the most notorious battalions of the secretive and deadly Wagner Group appeared to suggest it was prepping to return to Ukraine, raising the prospect of a Russian assault.