US to continue sanctions pressure on Wagner PMC – White House
The U.S. government intends to persist in
sanctioning the Wagner
Group private military company (PMC) to curb its ongoing global spread of
turmoil and violence, White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said
at a press briefing on June 26.
"We will continue to take appropriate measures to limit their ability to continue to wreak havoc and violence wherever they are," stated Kirby.
Kirby pointed out that U.S. sanctions have already been imposed on the Wagner Group, designated as a transnational criminal organization by Washington. Despite this, the military company continues its operations not just in Ukraine, but also in several African nations and other areas around the world.
Regarding future actions by Wagner mercenaries, or what Yevgeny Prigozhon may do nest, Kirby commented that it's premature to draw any conclusions or make predictions.
Prigozhin announced his "march on Moscow" and the beginning of the armed conflict with the Russian Defense Ministry on the evening of June 23, allegedly after the Russian army attacked his mercenaries.
On the evening of June 24, the leader of Wagner Group announced that he was "turning back the columns" that, according to him, were 200 km away from Moscow because his fighters allegedly did not want to "shed Russian blood."
The press service of the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko claimed that he had allegedly been negotiating with Prigozhin all day, and the latter agreed to "stop the movement through the territory of Russia," and his militants were promised "security guarantees" in return.
The Kremlin said that the case on Prigozhin's armed rebellion would be closed, the Wagner units would return to the "rear camps," and Prigozhin himself would go to Belarus.
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