
Wagner Group's Refusal Deepens Spat with Russian Defense Ministry.
Russia's defence ministry has signed a contract with the Akhmat group of Chechen special forces, a paramilitary group waging the Kremlin's offensive near the town of Mariinka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. The move comes as the Kremlin attempts to control private armies fighting on its behalf in Ukraine. The deals are part of a new Russian law aimed at controlling private armies fighting on Moscow's behalf in Ukraine.
