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The Role of Private Military Companies in the War in Ukraine
The legality of private military companies often tends to be shaky or somewhat ambiguous. Many Wagner operations have been documented as being outright illegal and violating international national material law. There have been cases when Wagner operatives committed crimes against humanity, committed actual war crimes. Andrzej Bociurkiw will spend the rest of the programme looking at the group's role in the war in Ukraine. The implications for the Russian leadership of having such a force recruited by and operating under the command of Yevgeny Pragorshin.