The Wagner Group: A Warfronts Autopsy

Russia’s deadliest mercenaries rose in the shadows, mutinied in daylight, and still shape wars today. From Ukraine to Africa, here’s the shocking true story of the Wagner Group—and what came next.

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00:00 Introduction
01:45 History, Revised
11:30 A Role in the Shadows
26:11 Brutality in Ukraine
35:54 Names, Faces, Structure
44:28 A Mutiny in Retrospect
53:02 A Profound Impact

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